Re: [tlug] Does Linux need, or have, a firewall?

[Edward Middleton <edwardmiddleton@example.com>]

On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 23:06 +0900, Dave Gutteridge wrote:
> >It shows aMule is making an outgoing connection on port 80 (www) to 
> >83.149.123.189. The firestarter screenshot confirms the direction of the 
> >connection.
This is wrong it is connecting to another machines port 80. i.e. standard http.  

> That's a little scary. Partly because someone upthread said only root 
> users should be able to use port 80, and partly because if aMule is 
> connecting outward to the web without really telling me about it, 
> perhaps it's some kind of spyware activity? Don't mean to be paranoid, 
> but I'm not keen on running that application again until I know what 
> it's doing on that port and if I have the option to stop it or not.

Edward