Turning off kazaa (used to be: file sharing for linux)

[Jon Atkinson]

I have written a quick and dirty guide here:

http://www.cleanstick.org/jon/oldphotosite/kazaa/

Let me know how it goes for you.

--Jon

Rick Stevens wrote:
> Alex Olivas wrote:
> 
>> Rick Stevens wrote:
>>
>>> gm wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey
>>>> I was wondering if anyone could suggest a file sharing program (aka
>>>> kazaa,fast track,etc) for linux? (plz include the link to the site)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Do not, under ANY circumstances, install kazaa on ANY system.  It is
>>> a massive security hole and guarantees that your system can and
>>> will be hacked.  It's not as bad on Linux, but it's still horrible.
>>> Firewalling it out can be a nightmare as well.
>>>
>>> The authors of kazaa should be taken out and beaten senseless.
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>>
>>
>> i was told you can turn off the port that kazaa uses.  i share 
>> internet access with roommates.  i use linux
>> and never bothered with any file sharing.  my other roommates use 
>> windows and one just introduced
>> the other to kazaa.  after a night of sucking all our bandwidth i 
>> considered trying to turn off kazaa (i'm
>> kind of the house sys-admin).  i use my computer for work, so in 
>> addition to all of the other normal
>> reasons, i really don't want my system to get hacked.  so i have two 
>> questions...
>> 1) is my system at risk as well if they use kazaa? and...
>> 2) can anyone tell me how to block access to kazaa?
> 
> 
> kazaa can use many different ports...that's what's so damned difficult
> with it.
> 
> Here's some articles about it:
> 
> http://www.lowth.com/p2pwall/
> http://www.pcquest.com/content/topstories/secure/103111007.asp
> 
> Google searches with "kazaa +firewall" will get more data.
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