Blocking Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Programs with Cisco Firewall & Router
Related link: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk583/tk372/technologies_tech_note09186a00801e41…
This is a nice synopsis of major P2P applications and their networking, in the form of a “how to block these apps”. Gives some insight on P2P and firewalls.










or take the reverse approach
and block all ports except a few very specific ones and link those to specific protocols and maybe even hosts (effectively allowing only HTTP and SMTP to go out and that only from the proxy server).