From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 27 05:25:23 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 3F83C1065676 for ; Thu, 27 Nov 2008 05:25:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrewlylegould@gmail.com) Received: from fk-out-0910.google.com (fk-out-0910.google.com [209.85.128.191]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9ACF8FC18 for ; Thu, 27 Nov 2008 05:25:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrewlylegould@gmail.com) Received: by fk-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id k31so784940fkk.11 for ; Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:25:21 -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=ngxMR4G3AA8thtZEnWFUVUEAAIZ+Z5IWGXq71lthMs4=; b=BAP5Qz8O4kUjX3FYNHWd1Nt2TeD3wdr5DhvAL4iBQQTTh+n/16nq91aLet4+EYNG6x kJjby55+/sDMWSzbrLsyBJ4KsUoBMdkjuNFaxjQA1wZ7t1FQ8yCm6ImI7q7PXik902PU 2+eyIvhF8IOL8iw+hJDAhANq6edk1KgY0+ElA= 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=WzBNACqFk24ywhLq6VfRhfX7Meo70a7WNjmoZMZ0KlXOtiUFfbU7ztWFO882dAlblo 7bZDzIwRx8NMJEpgWub0QYUASY1PwiuWSI0xIKEBUnMKZ96S67d0npCAUuRBc0mkTriF KcYWmQWOWO8LhtbsJ54Se23w+ZXKiohXUMyyo= Received: by 10.103.238.4 with SMTP id p4mr2460409mur.68.1227763521436; Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:25:21 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.103.228.17 with HTTP; Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:25:21 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 23:25:21 -0600 From: "Andrew Gould" To: Fbsd1 In-Reply-To: <492DEC60.9070105@a1poweruser.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <492D51CB.9000201@a1poweruser.com> <20081126081306.17qwm4xcthtwcgw0o@intranet.casasponti.net> <20081126174157.C66781@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081126194804.26273396.dick@nagual.nl> <492DEC60.9070105@a1poweruser.com> 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: 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: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 05:25:23 -0000 On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 6:40 PM, Fbsd1 wrote: > dick hoogendijk wrote: > > >>>> 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 ;-) >> >> > Limewire is a windows only application. > So how can you say it runs on solaris which is a flavor Unix? The Limewire website says it has versions for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and others, including OS/2 and Solaris.