In a message dated 8/28/00 12:09:39 AM Pacific Daylight Time, md98-osa at nada.kth.se writes:
> The more nodes that operate on the same port, the easier it is for network > operators to block or seriously impede Freenet access. It should be > running on any port, sub 1024 if possible, and even ports used by other > common applications if they are not present (80, 23, 25, 20, 21). < 1024 requires root access, doesn't it? Perhaps this should be a question to the user during install? If you run on 80, and the person later wants to install a webserver... > Could somebody have a look at the install scripts and make the default > port in the .freenetrc a random number with each install? (It has to be > per install, not per run basis, of course). Asking the user for a port number might be too much, but just randomly picking one and hoping it works (it might work at that moment) you have to be careful with. Maybe freenet could do this itself the first time it runs? If we're using a Properties object, you can use store(OutputStream, String) and update the file automatically. -lmh _______________________________________________ Freenet-dev mailing list Freenet-dev at lists.sourceforge.net http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/freenet-dev
