Howdy!
No, it's not possible for a hacker to get into your machine if Freenet is
running on that port.
The node is basically just like a store-forward/relay station. It cannot
execute arbitrary code/etc.
Thnx,
Fuller
ps. there are probably some unknown attacks against Freenet but currently,
it does nothing. (and like all good virii/trojans/etc. YOU actually have to
execute it somehow)
At 12:16 PM 01/06/2001 +1100, you wrote:
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi I just would like to know if its
possible
for a hacker to get into my machine thru the port that I have allocated for
my
freenet node which I have running on my machine I have the 036 version,the
reason why I am asking this question is that I have zonealarm pro and it
blocked
a ip address that was scanning for open ports on my machine about 14 times
so I
put this ip number in the restricted zone which has made this ip not
allowed to
connect to my machine, then after that my firewall which is zonealarm has
been
blocking this ip address as it has been trying to access my machine thru
the port that is been used by my freenet node so I don't know if its another
node trying to connect to my node or its a hacker who found this open port
while
doing a scan as he tried 14 times to find an open port and may
have found my open node port and is and trying to get in can
you
please advice on what I should do.</FONT></DIV>
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