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

[John Gitau]

Exactly what does everyone have against torrents? 

Granted some people misuse them but fighting a protocol for being efficient is just not feasible. 

Gitau

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On 1 May 2012, at 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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