Monday, April 12, 2010

Re: Network Traffic

Build a better mouse trap and the darn mice just get smarter :-)

But think of it this way, it keeps all of us IT folks gainfully employed!

TJ

TJ Rainsford
E: tjrainsford@gmail.com


On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Bruce Lemieux <blemieux@cushing.org> wrote:

> We have been having a large issue with hotspotshield on the network in the
> last week. Students were using this to get around our firewall and it
> became so popular the port scanning was creating a great deal of traffic
> on the internal network slowing things down. I figured I would mention it
> so folks could check and make a block ahead of time before you are having
> the issue.
>
> hotspotshield.com
>
> It is a program which allows users to connect to a proxy via vpn tools to
> avoid firewall restrictions. These little rascals what will they think of
> next.
>
>
> Sincerely:
>
> Bruce Lemieux
> Director of Technology
> Cushing Academy
> 39 School Street
> Ashburnham MA 01430
> blemieux@cushing.org
> Phone: 978-827-7075
>
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