On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 7:45 PM, Fabio Forno <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, I've recently noticed any insane amount of traffic in the python > msn transport. After a quick investigation I've discovered that it is > due to some msn client continuously sending invite packets like the > following one, appearing a virus trying to send some file: > > Has anybody noticed the same problem? Any idea about how blocking this > annoyance? (I was thinking of tinkering the msn gateway and throttle > or drop the connection, but perhaps there is something faster) It was poorly coded p2p interaction that the new official MSN client exposed. see: http://groups.google.com/group/py-transports/browse_thread/thread/ce7199f6ad3f81d0/5e20ef1b4cc57b3d the hg repo has fixes, there's also a patch linked to in the thread if you don't want to use hg for some strange reason. -- - Norman Rasmussen - Email: [email protected] - Home page: http://norman.rasmussen.co.za/
