On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 6:40 PM, Fbsd1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > dick hoogendijk wrote: > > >>>> My unofficial take on it is that limewire is a peer-to-peer sharing >>> application used by Windows, Mac OS X and Linux users to share files, >>> usually music, often copyrighted, over the internet. It is one of the >>> fastest, most effective ways to spread viruses, trojans, spyware, etc. >>> >> >> Is this your FreeBSD POV or more windows oriented? >> >> 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. >>> >> >> I have never needed a block on limewire. Firstly, all main conmputers >> run solaris and therefore also limewire on solaris and secondly, all >> windows machines are virtual. So -IF- one of them is infected I just >> put a recent snapshot ;-) >> >> > Limewire is a windows only application. > So how can you say it runs on solaris which is a flavor Unix?
The Limewire website says it has versions for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and others, including OS/2 and Solaris. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
