block bittorrent

qwertyjjj · 01-13-2011, 07:29 AM

I need to block all BitTorrent access on my machine, ie blovk users from using Bittorrent.
Is this possible?
Is there a port range I can block or some sort of protocol?

truboy · 01-13-2011, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by qwertyjjj

I need to block all BitTorrent access on my machine, ie blovk users from using Bittorrent.
Is this possible?
Is there a port range I can block or some sort of protocol?

The firewall on your machine might certainly do the trick. But I don't know much about that.

What I would do is configure the router to block bittorrent connections. Some of them even have presets for that kind of things.

qwertyjjj · 01-13-2011, 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by truboy

The firewall on your machine might certainly do the trick. But I don't know much about that.

What I would do is configure the router to block bittorrent connections. Some of them even have presets for that kind of things.

No access to the router as it's a host site.
I only have access to bit torrent.

qwertyjjj · 01-13-2011, 01:39 PM

How can I install the l7-filter on my centos box or is it already installed with iptables?

http://l7-filter.sourceforge.net/HOWTO-kernel

xandercage17 · 01-13-2011, 01:47 PM

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zer0signal · 01-13-2011, 03:13 PM

I was under the impression that it was quite tricky stop/block Bit Torrent, because of the random ports it uses;

xandercage17 · 01-14-2011, 09:23 AM

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qwertyjjj · 01-15-2011, 05:13 AM

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Originally Posted by zer0signal

I was under the impression that it was quite tricky stop/block Bit Torrent, because of the random ports it uses;

The layer 7 can even block it on port 80 as it uses a protocol recognition pattern I think.
...just how to implement it on iptables is the thing.

qwertyjjj · 01-15-2011, 05:21 AM

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Originally Posted by xandercage17

Download from here
http://sourceforge.net/projects/l7-filter/

This will help with install
http://howtoforge.com/how-to-set-up-...r-on-centos5.1

Hope This Helps

Is it not possible to do a yum install somehow?

xandercage17 · 01-16-2011, 11:18 AM

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