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iptables to throttle/slow down P2P

Is it possible to slow down/throttle P2P traffic using iptables. I am running IPtables on a Linux box which is a gateway to the intranet. Blocking P2P altogether seems to be rather difficult. So I was thinking if there is a way to slow it down, so…
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Cloud like P2P setup

Why hasn't someone created a cloud setup, multiple computers acting like one, like p2p? Where one computer listens to multiple others in a collective then if one goes down is not a problem; it just fines another one available which is connected to a…
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Distinguishing between types of P2P traffic on a Packet Shaper

I attend and work at a university where we have a packet shaper (an old Packeteer -- 3-ish years old or so) which relegates P2P traffic to the lowest priority in the queue in order to prevent P2P abuse (BitTorrent, etc.). However, the game StarCraft…
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How to block bittorrent but allow web surfing using ISA Server?

Given a public WiFi hotspot behind an ISA Sever and a single Internet address, which rules or content filters would be useful to achieve this configuration? Allow anonymous users to surf the web, chat over IM, and connect to their different…
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Has anyone got Hamachi 2 working on EC2 Windows instances?

I have it running and can see the EC2 instance with a direct tunnel. However, I can't ping the EC2 instance nor can I browse the shared folders. I am sure of the following: - File sharing service is running - Folders are shared I have tried the…
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Set up openvpn in p2p mode but with rendezvous server

Is it possible to set up openvpn so that clients will communicate each other in p2p mode, so data will not flow through server? Server will only act as rendezvous. I want to reduce server load. Something like in this image: Ref:…
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How would I dynamically add servers to a load balancer?

This is a tough question to phrase in the limited space for the title, but I'll try my best to explain myself. I want the users of my website to be able to run the servers themselves. Those servers would be valued and rated. I want to submit those…
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Connecting two nodes, dynamic tcp connections tunneling through a central server

Conceptual system in my mind of what i'm looking for: Given two hosts (can be pcs) ! Both can be on dynamic network (dynamic ip)! Both connect to the same central server to find each other! (in my case need! One client host can act as a server…
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iptables - perfect forwarding of port range to single port - p2p NAT traversal - how to keep the source UDP port untouched on the server?

To all the iptables gurus out there: I'm doing a little research on the viability of doing UDP hole punching to achieve NAT traversal in my network - I'm trying to figure out which UDP ports EXACTLY can be used for P2P connections between two peers…
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Reasons for ethernet interface to stop responding for ~30 seconds, then acknowledging all received packages?

First question! Hi! Running on Ubuntu 16.04. Hardware info: lspci | awk '/[Nn]et/ {print $1}' | xargs -i% lspci -ks % 00:1f.6 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (2) I219-V Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Ethernet…
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How p2p softwares(skype, torrent ..) work when Firewall doesn't accept incoming connections?

there's no policy from internet to local network in Juniper firewall, but softwares like skype an torrent work without any problem. without any incoming policy how do these programs work ?
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how can torrent be p2p and without needing to open ports?

I've been using torrent for years now and I am planning to write a simple golang program to manage p2p connections... But since I see everywhere that for a p2p program to work, one must specify an open port, a question came to my mind... how is it…
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Is it feasible for a mobile app like a peer to peer torrent app to discover peers via Internet, not just direct Wifi?

If I create an app that will be installed on different devices (Windows, Android, Apple). Different devices will be connected to Internet via different ISPs. Mostly devices will have changing dynamic IP address. In this situation will it be possible…
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Can I use an external IP to make 2 internal IP's establish a TCP/UDP connection?

As I understood, in order to make a connection to an internal IP (behind NAT), the computer behind the internal IP have to send the request first before the other side will be able to answer it, So if 2 IP's are internal we have a problem because no…
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