Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:54:43 -0600 From: "Andrew Gould" <andrewlylegould@gmail.com> To: "Wojciech Puchar" <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Cc: eculp@casasponti.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: firewall rules for bitlord, yahoo, limewire Message-ID: <d356c5630811260854v610dca13k29b940daac48516f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20081126174157.C66781@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <492D51CB.9000201@a1poweruser.com> <20081126081306.17qwm4xcthtwcgw0o@intranet.casasponti.net> <d356c5630811260728s4991454ci11a25c3c316f1825@mail.gmail.com> <20081126174157.C66781@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 10:42 AM, Wojciech Puchar < wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> wrote: > sorry for asking but what are this "limewire" programs are? > > My unofficial take on it is that limewire is a peer-to-peer sharing application used by Windows, Mac OS X and Linux users to share files, usually music, often copyrighted, over the internet. It is one of the fastest, most effective ways to spread viruses, trojans, spyware, etc. The program does not use fixed ports, so the services are hard to block. In essence, the program gets the user to bypass security measures from the inside. If I am incorrect in my technical assessment, I welcome a correction. When people ask my advice about computers, I always include: "Never use Limewire, or anything like it." Andrew
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