> That said, I don't envy University firewall admins -- if the school > administration tells them that they must allow the students to play > games from behind the firewall, then you have to do what they tell you. > And then when the bandwidth situation deteriorates and whatever worm, > virus, exploit etc. comes on down through these gaming ports, then the > University admin takes the heat for that too. Exactly why I brought up about setting up a special room, on a different PHYSICAL network, behind a separate firewall and not behind the main firewall. That way, they are PHYSICALLY separated from the rest of the network and can do no harm. John Tolmachoff MCSE CSSA Engineer/Consultant eServices For You www.eservicesforyou.com