Wired: Florida Dorms Lock Out P2P Users

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 6, 2003

“The University of Florida has developed a tool to help
extricate the school from the morass of peer-to-peer file trading,
and early results show that it’s succeeding.

“Integrated Computer Application for Recognizing User Services,
commonly called Icarus, debuted over the summer on the network that
links all the residence halls on the UF campus.

“The open-source program was developed by campus programmers to
cut off the file sharing going on among students. Housing officials
say the application educates students as it restricts them from
peer-to-peer services…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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