Most P2P file sharing clients are highly adaptive and can use just about any port for the file transfer session. They usually however use a standard port for connecting to the central "seed" server. There are ways to block them but it's not easy from what I understand.
Dan. On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 09:35:40PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Does someone have a writeup of all the ports that one would need to block to > run a "safe" wireless public access point? > > Quoting Raj Saxena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > The same philosophy applies for drive by spamming!! all the guy has to do > > weather he pays for it or not is go to starbucks pay for 15 min of access > > and use their mail servers for sending spam!! > > > > Raj > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tim Pozar > > Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 1:16 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [BAWUG] Hot spots elude RIAA dragnet > > > > > > Tip of the hat to Lauren Gelman for pointing me to this article. > > > > Tim > > -- > > Hot spots elude RIAA dragnet > > By John Borland > > Staff Writer, CNET News.com > > July 16, 2003, 4:00 AM PT > > http://news.com.com/2100-1027-1026204.html > > > > Early last spring, NYCWireless co-founder Anthony Townsend got a > > note in the mail saying that someone on his network had been violating > > copyright laws. > > > > This type of note is becoming increasingly common as record companies > > and Hollywood studios subpoena Internet service providers (ISPs) > > for information about subscribers in order to stop people from > > trading songs and movies online. But Townsend's case was unusual: > > As the representative of a loose collection of wireless "hot spot" > > Internet access points, there was no way he or the relevant access > > point operator in New York's Bryant Park could identify or warn the > > file trader. > > > > "We brought the notice to the attention of the park management, but > > they weren't concerned," Townsend said. "That whole mechanism (for > > finding copyright violators) becomes really problematic when the > > ISP is someone sharing a wireless access point." > > > > Townsend and others' similar experiences, no matter how limited > > today, point to a slowly widening hole in the Recording Industry > > Association of America's (RIAA) recently announced drive to identify > > and ultimately sue what could be thousands of file swappers online. > > > > Wireless Net access through free, open or publicly available hot > > spots is proving to be a last bastion of privacy on an Internet > > where the veil of anonymity can now easily pierced. Wi-Fi access > > points give anyone who possesses the appropriate computer equipment > > within a radius of about 300 feet the ability to reach the Internet. > > [...] > > > > -- > > Snail: Tim Pozar / LNS / 1978 45th Ave / San Francisco CA 94116 / USA > > POTS: +1 415 665 3790 Radio: KC6GNJ / KAE6247 > > "Be who you are and say what you feel because the people who mind > > don't matter and the people who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss > > -- > > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > --- > > > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.500 / Virus Database: 298 - Release Date: 7/10/2003 > > > > --- > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.500 / Virus Database: 298 - Release Date: 7/10/2003 > > > > > > -- > > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > > > > > -- > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
