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Re: Need help with MPAA threats



--- On Mon, 12/15/08, Sven Anderson <sven@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> As long as you allow
> arbitrary ports your bandwidth is always maxed out because
> of file transfers. If you only allow port 80 you have a very
> erratic bandwidth usage.

So if you have only port 80 open, your connection is being under-utilized.

> Of course it's possible to
> download large files over HTTP as well. But the users
> obviously don't do it.

Because it isn't efficient.