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Antonio Maiorano

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Jan 28, 2009, 9:32:12 AM1/28/09
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I love Opera, but my company will not allow us to install simply because
of the built-in Torrent client. I am well aware that you can disable
it as according to this page:

http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/840/

But this is not enough for my company. Is there any way that a version
of Opera can be released, say for office environments, that does not
have any P2P stuff built in?

By the way, I think it's stupid that our company has this policy, but
what I think doesn't really matter :).

Remco Lanting

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Jan 28, 2009, 9:46:28 AM1/28/09
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I really doubt Opera would release such a version. A few things that might work:

- Disable torrents in the system fixed configuration file, more info on
http://www.opera.com/support/mastering/sysadmin/
- Use something like http://www.opera-usb.com/operausben.htm or
http://www.kejut.com/operaportable

Since the latter option doesn't require installation, it will always work.

Good luck :)

--
Remco Lanting

Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/

Antonio Maiorano

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Jan 28, 2009, 10:04:34 AM1/28/09
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Remco Lanting wrote:
> I really doubt Opera would release such a version. A few things that
> might work:
>
> - Disable torrents in the system fixed configuration file, more info
> on http://www.opera.com/support/mastering/sysadmin/
> - Use something like http://www.opera-usb.com/operausben.htm or
> http://www.kejut.com/operaportable
>
> Since the latter option doesn't require installation, it will always work.
>
> Good luck :)
>

Wow, thank you very much! Didn't know about these versions! Will give
'em a try :)

Michael Fesser

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Jan 29, 2009, 3:54:31 PM1/29/09
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.oO(Antonio Maiorano)

Why don't they simply block BT on their firewall? What about other
clients or even websites with a BT client written in Java for example?

Micha

Swifty

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Feb 3, 2009, 3:34:25 AM2/3/09
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Michael Fesser wrote:
> Why don't they simply block BT on their firewall? What about other
> clients or even websites with a BT client written in Java for example?

That would be too easy. You clearly don't have the Corporate mindset,
and will never become a senior manager.

My employer bans Bittorrent S/W then changes its own internal software
distribution mechanism to a bittorrent-like protocol. "Do as we say, not
as we do".

--
Steve Swift
http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html
http://www.ringers.org.uk

Michael Fesser

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Feb 4, 2009, 4:08:32 PM2/4/09
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.oO(Swifty)

>Michael Fesser wrote:
>> Why don't they simply block BT on their firewall? What about other
>> clients or even websites with a BT client written in Java for example?
>
>That would be too easy. You clearly don't have the Corporate mindset,
>and will never become a senior manager.
>
>My employer bans Bittorrent S/W then changes its own internal software
>distribution mechanism to a bittorrent-like protocol. "Do as we say, not
>as we do".

*g*

Often the incompetence seems to increase with the rank of someone in the
company's hierchary. It's like a mountain in real life: At the very top
there's nothing but thin air ... SCNR

Micha

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