From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 24 6:26:47 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8E8437B401 for ; Tue, 24 Sep 2002 06:26:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C203143E42 for ; Tue, 24 Sep 2002 06:26:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk ([IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g8ODQhC0017403; Tue, 24 Sep 2002 14:26:43 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost) by happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id g8ODQcNZ017402; Tue, 24 Sep 2002 14:26:38 +0100 (BST) Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 14:26:38 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Andreas Wideroe Andersen Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Shoutcast on FreeBSD Message-ID: <20020924132638.GB16879@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> References: <3D905D36.4090403@pragma.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3D905D36.4090403@pragma.no> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-14.1 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,SPAM_PHRASE_01_02, USER_AGENT,USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.41 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 02:40:22PM +0200, Andreas Wideroe Andersen wrote: > I was looking for it in ports, but couldn't find it there so I had > to install the tgz file offered from Nullsoft. Does SHOUTcast server > exist as a FreeBSD port? If not, why? It's in ports. Here's one way to find things in the ports tree: cd /usr/ports make search name=shout - or - make search key=shout > Is SHOUTcast a security risk? (it's using port 8000 and 8001) It's not the port number that makes things risky. The question is: do you trust that the programmers of the software have done a good job and eliminated the possibility of buffer overruns or other nastyness that a black-hat might induce by spewing datagrams at you? If you're sufficiently confident of a yes answer, or you think that the risk versus the rewards of running the software justifies it's use, then go right ahead. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message