RE: Napster..

["Steven Osman" <sosman () terratron com>]

Darren,

This is so that people behind firewalls can share file with Napster.  The
firewall does not have to allow incoming connections, and it can still work.
I wouldn't be particularly paranoid/concerned about it by itself, after all,
the alternative is to allow incoming connections to your network.

If you're concerned that people may be able to manipulate Napster into
uploading the wrong files, the same applies if the connection were incoming.

If, on the other hand, you're concerned about file sharing and people using
Napster...  Then it incoming and outgoing connections shouldn't matter to
you.

____________
Steven Osman
President
Terratron Technologies Inc.
http://www.terratron.com


-----Original Message-----
From: firewall-wizards-admin () nfr com
[mailto:firewall-wizards-admin () nfr com]On Behalf Of Darren Reed
Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2001 5:54 AM
To: firewall-wizards () nfr net
Subject: [fw-wiz] Napster..



I'm sure many people here have had to deal with napster at one level
or another but today I discovered something rather unsettling, as a
napster user - a person can receive a file from you whereby your client
makes the outgoing connection.  What irritates me is that your client
is being active rather than passive in an action that you haven't
initiated.

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