Re: Different firewalls and Port usage

[Siglite <siglite () criticalstop com>]

There's a nifty new toy out there called 'napster' that's used for
downloading/sharing MP3 files.  It uses a WIDE variety of ports, and kind
of like AOL IM it tries port after port after port until it finds one
that'll connect.  The default for it is 6699, but I've seen it use 6666 as
well.  This little toy is quite the bandwidth consumer.  I've seen users
peg t-1's for hours with it. (I've pegged t1's for hours with it being
sucked into a pseudo mp3 addiction).  I've requested a white paper from
the program's creators describing it's port usage and protocols, but as of
yet haven't gotten a response. 

The good news is, the program doesn't work for inbound connections to
NAT'd client machines for (more or less) obvious reasons.  But NAT'd
clients can still connect to thousands of mp3 sharing computers out there
and download gigs of mp3's.  

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KT Morgan
Network Engineer
Checkpoint Firewall-1 CCSA/CCSE
Microsoft MCP
Software Systems Group, Inc


the compaq support website, crib notes version:   
"you cant do that."

On Thu, 4 Nov 1999, Phil Cox wrote:

> All,
>
> I am looking at a bunch of machines that are running port 6666. I have validated that it is NOT IRC, but cannot 
> figure out what is there. Is there a management protocol or something else that uses 6666?
>
> Phil