From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 26 16:54:45 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 186F71065674 for ; Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:54:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrewlylegould@gmail.com) Received: from rn-out-0910.google.com (rn-out-0910.google.com [64.233.170.191]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3F888FC0C for ; Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:54:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrewlylegould@gmail.com) Received: by rn-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id j71so530451rne.12 for ; Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:54:44 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=hF9tuxPAFT6nfjz+1hQMSyR1Zr41PF2QJwEh6qjjTDY=; b=JmFMakCGGEtl06y0AYlTkBsCr3YNHVfeDGPRPQP11TCiTnO2yu/S0gpo01dQ4AhFKL tTsiwwDfPxeVMsNr6vcdKhuPJloLpF2b8YKQQicrKHTd64O0xda+j3mjRGIGYQ0rFIOR G1dVVSsWlU1zLrks/dVr3jYyxUNpX2soN0IDQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:references; b=T+KiEVQ4kCa1NZSu2jC0qCib8q06vHHnsoREigaqXTnpdSROSWUsKeH+HxRTkkcbgq mUXvtg8uNVwI8nZGzLwPV8jf8RMYZezwg/1aJOs+WNiger1TFnajwtkyXFBvkQLa0GVn 7PJ6I2RH+if10aciwiHf1djppLiFu8vOA1GqE= Received: by 10.103.106.1 with SMTP id i1mr2222818mum.0.1227718483268; Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:54:43 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.103.228.17 with HTTP; Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:54:43 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:54:43 -0600 From: "Andrew Gould" To: "Wojciech Puchar" In-Reply-To: <20081126174157.C66781@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <492D51CB.9000201@a1poweruser.com> <20081126081306.17qwm4xcthtwcgw0o@intranet.casasponti.net> <20081126174157.C66781@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: eculp@casasponti.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: firewall rules for bitlord, yahoo, limewire X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:54:45 -0000 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