Peter M wrote:
> 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.
>
> peter
>
I don't think there is any more risk to running Freenet than Napster or
browsing the web.
That is not to say that there is no risk ... there just is no more risk :]
If you block access to your Freenet port, your node will not become part
of the Freenet network.
The IP that has been scanning you might be a node trying to access your
advertised port
but it will give up eventually when it finds no one home and you fall
off their reference list.
If it is someone scanning and then trying certain ports manually, they
will likely give
up quickly once noticing that you are reacting to their probings.
Zonealarm is a nice personal firewall and should offer some protection
to your
other services that are more of a threat then Freenet would ever be if
your open up
the Freenet port for outside use.
Mike
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