begin quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED] as of Mon, May 08, 2006 at 09:26:33AM -0700: > > I am sure that there is a FAQ for BitTorrent that expounds on this > > subject. To make the story short, BitTorrent clients use one or more > > ports in the range 6881-6899. Perhaps the software that you > > downloaded has a way to check for suitable firewall open-ness. > > > > My favorite BT client is Azureus, which has nice graphics and GUI > > controls, and uses only port 6881. > > So unless I open my firewall BitTorrent will NEVER work? Well > that stinks! This seems like it will slow down BitTorrent's world > domination.
Every P2P app has this problem, given the appropriate sort of firewalls. You have to instruct the firewall at the boundary of your network(s) to allow some things in. Generally, this is not difficult. "I'm having a difficult time convincing the network administrator at work to open up the firewall for this" does not count. Getting around network security constraints should be treated with the same attitude as getting around filesystem permissions or GPG encryption.... (Hm... I've finally d/l'd Azureus. I should play with that a bit. I know on just what machine I'm going to run it on, too.) -- _ |\_ \| -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
