On Fri, Apr 11, 2003 at 10:49:49AM -0500, Shawn wrote: > On Fri, 2003-04-11 at 10:31, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote: > > I should also note that you have only mentioned cost-related issues, which > > are independent from "security consciousness". Given that the BitTorrent > > code is Open Source, and can/has been freely audited by lots of people, > > then I should expect that an RH-sponsored BitTorrent would not pose any > > significant security risks to the consumer. > > Opening any more ports than I hvae to is a security risk, regardless of > whether or not that port is used by "audited" code. I was under the impression that iptables statefulness was enough to allow BitTorrent without poking holes in your firewall???? -- Jack Bowling mailto: jbinpg@xxxxxxx
