Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Resource Sharing

1. Executive Summary

Peer-to-peer software has many applications, from filesharing to telephony and videoconferencing
Use of peer-to-peer software is not banned by University-wide policy
However, usage may be restricted or banned by local (college or department) policy
If in doubt as to what is permitted, consult your local IT staff
Remember that the University network is provided primarily for academic purposes, although in most cases reasonable recreational usage is permitted
Network capacity within the University is finite, and available bandwidth may be shared with a large number of other users
Avoid excessive usage of the network to the detriment of others, regardless of the software in use

Maintained by: OUCS Webmaster (webmaster@rt.oucs.ox.ac.uk) July 2010. Robin Stevens, based upon an original document by Peter Higginbotham.

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