Security Best Practice: Blocking eMule
| Check Point Reference: | SBP-2009-25 | |
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| Source: | IPS Research Center | |
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| Who is Vulnerable? eMule users | ||
| Vulnerability Description eMule is a popular peer to peer file sharing application. The distinguishing features of eMule are the direct exchange of sources between client nodes, fast recovery of corrupted downloads, and the use of a credit system to reward frequent uploaders. The use of eMule may circumvent the organizational security policy. |
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Vulnerability Details Peer to peer Internet traffic, such as eMule, slows critical business applications on corporate networks. It lowers employee productivity as they take time away from their work to download music and videos. This sort of traffic also significantly increases companies Internet communication costs and requires them to purchase additional bandwidth. |
Protection Overview
This protection will detect and block the eMule peer to peer application. The protection is able to detect peer to peer traffic regardless of the TCP port that is being used to initiate the peer to peer session.
To configure the defense, select your product from the list below and follow the related protection steps.