Lpc2000

--- In lpc2000@yahoogroups.com, "Bryce Schober" <bryce.schober@...> wrote:
>
> You would not need to poke any holes to download w/ bittorrent. And I'm
> pretty sure that there would be enough users willing to do so (myself
> included) that the bandwidth would be reasonably shared. Honestly,
how is
> opening a hole for bittorrent _that _ much different than the holes you
> already have via http and your users' browsers? In my mind, the exposure
> risk associated w/ a typical internet user is at least an order of
magnitude
> higher than that associated w/ running a bittorrent client.

I don't have any inbound holes in my firewall.  None!  All incoming
packets must be related to an existing connection, etc.  I don't even
respond to ping - not even a reset.  Just drop...

Those who wish to open up for bittorrent are certainly free to do so.
 I'm not one of them.  In fact, I don't even use bittorrent client. 
I'm a little selective about where I'll download from.

Paranoia comes to mind...

Richard