Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:48:04 +0100 From: dick hoogendijk <dick@nagual.nl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: firewall rules for bitlord, yahoo, limewire Message-ID: <20081126194804.26273396.dick@nagual.nl> In-Reply-To: <d356c5630811260854v610dca13k29b940daac48516f@mail.gmail.com> References: <492D51CB.9000201@a1poweruser.com> <20081126081306.17qwm4xcthtwcgw0o@intranet.casasponti.net> <d356c5630811260728s4991454ci11a25c3c316f1825@mail.gmail.com> <20081126174157.C66781@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <d356c5630811260854v610dca13k29b940daac48516f@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:54:43 -0600 "Andrew Gould" <andrewlylegould@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. Is this your FreeBSD POV or more windows oriented? > 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. I have never needed a block on limewire. Firstly, all main conmputers run solaris and therefore also limewire on solaris and secondly, all windows machines are virtual. So -IF- one of them is infected I just put a recent snapshot ;-) > If I am incorrect in my technical assessment, I welcome a correction. Personally I'm not infected on windows machines recently by any limewire connections. But ymmv. > When people ask my advice about computers, I always include: "Never > use Limewire, or anything like it." You can also say: use them but don't connect them to the net. I know, I'm cynical here, but limewire is not all bad! -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D + http://nagual.nl/ | SunOS sxce snv101 ++ + All that's really worth doing is what we do for others (Lewis Carrol)
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