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Re: Kazaa?


From: "KoRe MeLtDoWn" <koremeltdown () hotmail com>
Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 01:06:08 +0000

Hey there Christian,
The activity you are experiencing on your firewall is normal when running Kazaa. This is due to the fact that Kazaa uses port 1214 as one of its operation ports, and causes firewalls to pick up and log its activity as scanning - there are two situations where this Kazaa activity would be logged by your firewall, these are: When your son attempts to download a file off another Kazaa user, a connection is made - some firewalls constitute this as a port scan.
OR ALTERNATIVELY
When another Kazaa user attempts to download locally stored files off your machine, a connection is also made in this situation and is classed as a port scan.

I hope this helps you understand what is going on, he isn't doing anything malicious it is just how Kazaa works and how many firewalls react to its activity.

Regards,

Hamish Stanaway

-= KoRe WoRkS =- Internet Security
Owner/Operator
http://www.koreworks.com/

New Zealand

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From: Christian Simatos <christiansimatos () freesurf fr>
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Subject: Kazaa?
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 13:52:37 +0200
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Hello,

My son has installed Kazaa on his pc.

My personal antivirus is reporting that kazaa (I suppose because it's port
1214) is scanning my own PC from ports which increase regularly.
I googled to try and find information, but I have not found this behavior
described.
- Can anyone help me?
- Is it the normal Kazaa behavior?
- Can I prevent it? (other than de-install kazaa)

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 Thanks, Chris





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