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Step 2. Under Policy > Outgoing, set as below:

Figure 9-7

Application Blocking: Select the name of the Application Blocking

Setting.

 Click OK.

Figure 9-8

Figure 9-7 Enabling the P2P Blocking in a Policy

Figure 9-8 A Policy with P2P Blocking

Note:

1. P2P software occupies significant network bandwidth resources, adversly affecting other users.

Policy Object > Service can block the port number that P2P software uses, however this port
number is variable and can be modified by users. Therefore, the IT administrator must use the
Peer to Peer Application settings located under Policy Object > Application Blocking >
Setting

to successfully block users from using P2P software.