Sorry if this is a bit off topic, but a friend introduced me to Overnet on his Windows machine. After a short search, I found and installed a Linux client to play around with. While GOOGLING I found instructions on how to open appropriate ports in the firewall, but decided to see what the program would do without touching the iptables rules. To my surprise, Overnet works "out of the box".
To verify that my firewall is still working properly, I went to ShieldsUp at http://grc.com and passed all their tests (including portscans of the ports Overnet uses). So I have 2 questions. 1 - Why and how is Overnet working? 2 - Am I exposing myself in any way, and if so, what's the danger? TIA -- Shlomo Solomon http://come.to/shlomo.solomon Sent by KMail 1.6.1 (KDE 3.2) on LINUX Mandrake 10.0 ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
