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Date:      Fri, 28 Nov 2008 13:11:21 +0000
From:      RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: pf or ipf rules to allow p2p Limewire through
Message-ID:  <20081128131121.4dc8b2f9@gumby.homeunix.com>
In-Reply-To: <492F8E9B.5040805@a1poweruser.com>
References:  <492E60A8.6080105@a1poweruser.com> <492F82D1.4020000@bah.homeip.net> <492F8E9B.5040805@a1poweruser.com>

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On Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:24:27 +0800
Fbsd1 <fbsd1@a1poweruser.com> wrote:

> How about explaining just why this is going to allow p2p limewire
> work?
> 
> I think you are missing the fact that limewire does not use dedicated 
> port numbers.
> Every session uses different port numbers

You can presumably set the port number in your limewire configuration.
I've not used limewire, but some p2p applications set random ports
the first time they are used. I doubt limewire sets it randomly on
every session - at least not without a way of overriding that behavior.



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