Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:40:00 +0800 From: Fbsd1 <fbsd1@a1poweruser.com> To: dick hoogendijk <dick@nagual.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: firewall rules for bitlord, yahoo, limewire Message-ID: <492DEC60.9070105@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <20081126194804.26273396.dick@nagual.nl> References: <492D51CB.9000201@a1poweruser.com> <20081126081306.17qwm4xcthtwcgw0o@intranet.casasponti.net> <d356c5630811260728s4991454ci11a25c3c316f1825@mail.gmail.com> <20081126174157.C66781@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <d356c5630811260854v610dca13k29b940daac48516f@mail.gmail.com> <20081126194804.26273396.dick@nagual.nl>
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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?
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