BitTorrent
Description
This indicates detection of data traffic from a BitTorrent application.BitTorrent is a popular peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing protocol. The explosion of P2P programs in the workplace presents new security challenges to corporate networks, since the P2P network may be used to facilitate various network-based attacks.
Affected Products
Any BitTorrent-based P2P program, such as:
BitTorrent
BitComet
Azurus
Utorrent
Impact
Bandwidth consumption
Technology
Browser-Based, Network-Protocol, Client-Server, Peer-to-Peer, Cloud-Based, Mobile-Device