[Lula-biz] hello and I need quote for consulting

[Martin Baehr]

On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 09:12:21PM -0800, Peter Benjamin wrote:
> At 07:27 PM 2/11/2003, David Thomas wrote:
> >would download an mp3 and then the box would get slammed by thousands
> >of users wanting that file.
> 
> Why not have a firewall packet data filter look at the outgoing
> URL request for an extension of mp3 and just deny it?
 
huh?
that's missing the problem.
downloading a file from a website will not generate such traffic, only
using filesharingtools will, because those tools make files they
download automaticly available for upload again.

downloading through http will do nothing of that sort.

> For incoming packets if the http command contains an extension
> of mp3, then deny it.

the requests will not come in through http either.

your suggestion is on the right track though, because you DO want to
look at the data, but it is not http that you are after.

in fact, any mp3 file someone downloads through http has a 98% chance of
being legal. you don't usually find copyright violations on public websites.

greetings, martin.
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