Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:52:25 +1100 From: Norberto Meijome <numardbsd@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: firewall rules for bitlord, yahoo, limewire Message-ID: <20081127115225.64d3e32f@ayiin> In-Reply-To: <20081126185216.7ab011ac@gumby.homeunix.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> <20081126185216.7ab011ac@gumby.homeunix.com>
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On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:52:16 +0000
RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> wrote:
[..]
>
> > It is one of the
> > fastest, most effective ways to spread viruses, trojans, spyware, etc.
> >
> > 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.
>
> There's nothing remarkable about that, no p2p filesharing application
> uses fixed ports. Some have default ports, but they are widely ignored
> because historically ISPs used those ports for throttling.
+1 . skype does the same thing. and it's "p2p" too , although a lot less so than limewire.
>
> > When people ask my advice about computers, I always include: "Never
> > use Limewire, or anything like it."
>
> They are as dangerous as you want to make them, I've been using
> bittorrent and eD2k for years and have never seem a single virus,
> trojan etc. I've seen a few on USENET but they've always been laughably
> obvious. People that end-up with that kind of thing are normally
> actively seeking executables.
+1 - just the usual job of keeping an ear out for security holes ( including those in your users' behaviour :P )
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