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Nathaniel Varona
Asked: 2009-07-23 02:47:02 +0800 CST

Are there any Thin Client software's for WinXP that block P2P and torrent? Except server-side installation

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I want to block p2p and torrent connection without any firewall or server-side software installation.

Most of all it is FREE.

Thanks.

windows-xp thin-client p2p blocking

6 Answers

  1. You probably have a pair of scissors somewhere; that'll block peer-to-peer software without costing anything, installing a firewall, or installing any software on a server.

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  2. Is this for a single computer, or an entire network? If its a single computer, configure the windows firewall manually. If its a network, configure the windows firewall via GPO. (IF you are running AD, that is)

    You could also look into OPENDNS.com filtering as well.

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  3. WinXP SP2 and higher has a built-in firewall. That software can be configured to block all kinds of things, and it is already paid for.

    Take a look at the configure and edit your question to be more specific, I'm sure you will get more specific answers

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  4. Try to decrease halfopen connections limit to minimum (i.e 1 or 2) it'll make p2p almost unusable, but also will cost you slow browsing speed

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  5. I would reccomend going with a P2P IP-Filter list. They're freely available. One in particular that I use is from:

    http://blocklistpro.com/download-center/ip-filters/

    And it's free. Migrate that to each users hosts file and flush the machines dns:

    Start -> Run - > cmd ipconfig /flushdns

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  6. Get a Linksys WRT54G and put a 3rd party firmware on it (DD-WRT2.4+) that has bandwidth management functions. Then you can restrict bandwidth by port and/or ip address.

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