The status of consumer rate limiting?

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Are you controlling peer-to-peer traffic in some way (i.e.
rate-limiting, blocking, etc)?

no

Do you have plans to control peer-to-peer traffic?

no

Are you imposing other total traffic download/upload limits?

no

Additional comment: we market based on "no limits" and so far have
met our expectations of doing very well against competitors that
limit. I don't think limiting is viable in the long run...

regards,
fletcher

2

Since some p2p programs now use well known port numbers allocated to other
things eg port 80, is it even possible to block/rate limit them? And have folks
attempts at blocking caused this move to use such port numbers which imho is not
a good thing..

Steve

3

Since some p2p programs now use well known port numbers allocated to other
things eg port 80, is it even possible to block/rate limit them? And have folks
attempts at blocking caused this move to use such port numbers which imho is not
a good thing..

I'm still waiting for a P2P system running inside IPsec. With XP
and W2k making inroads on consumer computers there now is a significant
user base with access to luser-friendly systems carrying these
capabilities.

4

Since some p2p programs now use well known port numbers allocated to other
things eg port 80, is it even possible to block/rate limit them? And have folks
attempts at blocking caused this move to use such port numbers which imho is not
a good thing..

As long as there are some bits in the stream that give away the ultimate application
of that stream it�s possible. Using SSL / IPSEC / some proprietary protocol will
degrade the detection to look for "elephant flows" but still allows for some bandwidth
regulation when neccessary.

To look beyond the packet you either need more sophisticated hardware or reasonable
speeds, like in the gigabit range, not 10G/40G.

Pete

5

I'm still waiting for a P2P system running inside IPsec. With XP
and W2k making inroads on consumer computers there now is a significant
user base with access to luser-friendly systems carrying these
capabilities.

I'm not positive, but I thought Filetopia used SSL transfers on port 443 for
its filesharing...

Eric :slight_smile: