[kictanet] IF CCK CHOOSES TO MONITOR INTERNET TRAFFIC, WILL IT ALSO MANAGE TO BLOCK TORRENTS THAT CONSUME BANDWIDTH?

[Michelle Tongo]

@John
If i may ask,
First: What does it take to monitor the web?

Second: What does it take to block a torrent, say Pirate bay. I never
followed up on the megaupload case


On 1 May 2012 14:35, Gichuki John Chuksjonia <chuksjonia at gmail.com> wrote:

> CCK will have to hire very tough hackers to be able to bypass some of
> the security protocols most of us use. And with the lack of capacity
> in KE, hiring guys from Eastern Europe for this, will be expensive.
> Automation in Information Security never works, only for the lazy.
>
>
> So don't believe everything you hear.
>
> Kindly,
>
>
> ./Chucks
>
> On 5/1/12, Peter Wakaba <peterwakaba at gmail.com> wrote:
> > first, torrents evolve. Will CCK evolve as fast? I dont think so. ( THEY
> > WILL END UP STUCK WITH EXPENSIVE/OBSOLTE SOFTWARE/ HARDWARE)
> > Second, torrent clients are not generic, so will CCK be able to pin down
> > all the different types? I dont know.
> > Third, in the west they have decided to take down the largest pirates
> (read
> > TIM dot Com and Newzealand). But even then, with Napster down, Megaupload
> > gone... i still have thousands of peers seeding from every torrent i
> > download.
> >
> > Its only a matter of time before someone else come up with something that
> > makes torrents obsolete. rather than blockading the media owners should
> be
> > thinking disruptive techonology, something that makes torrents
> irrelevant.
> >
> > My two cents.
> >
>
>
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> Gichuki John Ndirangu, C.E.H , C.P.T.P, O.S.C.P
> I.T Security Analyst and Penetration Tester
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