| Abstract: |
A number of educational institutions were taken by
surprise when an easy to use MP3 file sharing ap plication called
Napster quickly arose to make use of all available Internet capacity.
Many institutions have been using various techniques to manage their
Internet capacity more proactively since the first file sharing
applications became available. Some insti tutions simply banned the
use of such applications while others did nothing. Still other
institutions al tered various network configurations and tried new
products from vendors to adjust tra#c usage in one form or another.
This paper briefly details some of the various technical solutions
that might be used to proactively manage Internet capacity as well
as some of the potential pitfalls in each case. |