C
ONFIGURE
AND
T
EST
THE
R3000
C
ONFIGURE
,
TEST
,
BLOCK
SERVICES
M86 S
ECURITY
, R3000 E
VALUATION
G
UIDE
33
Block IM, P2P applications and streaming media
Description
: The R3000 provides Peer-to-Peer (P2P) and Instant Message (IM)
blocking. Peer-to-Peer and Instant Messaging pose significant challenges to
administrators due to the risks of content type that can be passed on via these
tools (images and video), as well as the ease by which these enable malicious
code and viruses to circumvent many networks. Additionally, sites that offer IPTV
programming, streaming video, streaming radio Internet programming and other
such streaming media create a tremendous demand for network resources and
can severely impact network performance. In addition to blocking IM and P2P
applications, the R3000 also logs user attempts to run these applications through
the R3000’s Intelligent Footprint Technology (IFT). IFT blocks these applications
based on the traffic patterns they generate.
Block patterns
Configure IM, P2P, streaming media blocking
1. Select
SYSTEM
from the top level administrator console.
2. Click
Control
and select Filter.
3. Turn the
Pattern Blocking
radio button to
On
.
4. Select
GROUP
from the top level administrator console.
5. Click Global Group and select Global Group Profile.
6. Move the
Chat
,
Instant Messaging
,
Internet Radio
,
Peer-to-Peer/File-
sharing
and
Streaming Media
, from the Pass column to the Block column.
7. Click
Apply
.
