From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 27 00:39:25 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 6E0791065670 for ; Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:39:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd1@a1poweruser.com) Received: from mail-03.name-services.com (mail-03.name-services.com [69.64.155.195]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B7978FC08 for ; Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:39:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd1@a1poweruser.com) Received: from [10.0.10.6] ([202.69.173.211]) by mail-03.name-services.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:38:14 -0800 Message-ID: <492DEC60.9070105@a1poweruser.com> Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:40:00 +0800 From: Fbsd1 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dick hoogendijk References: <492D51CB.9000201@a1poweruser.com> <20081126081306.17qwm4xcthtwcgw0o@intranet.casasponti.net> <20081126174157.C66781@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081126194804.26273396.dick@nagual.nl> In-Reply-To: <20081126194804.26273396.dick@nagual.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 27 Nov 2008 00:38:14.0786 (UTC) FILETIME=[6EFE8E20:01C95028] X-Sender: fbsd1@a1poweruser.com 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 00:39:25 -0000 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?