RE: KaZaA - Bad Zone

From: Young, Keith (Keith.Youngat_private)
Date: Wed Jan 08 2003 - 06:57:46 PST

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    (slightly off topic)
    
    > Kazaa lite doesnt have ads or spyware. http://www.kazaalite.com/
    > 
    > PLUS it works great with Wine (http://www.winehq.com/) :)
    
    One problem (at least to firewall administrators trying to block P2P
    apps) is that KazaaLite pre-populates a specific registry key that has
    information containing addresses of Kazaa peers in the network.
    Unfortunately, some of these peers do not run on the typical 1214/tcp
    port, so simply blocking that port inbound/outbound will not stop
    KazaaLite.
    
    Good news is that the key can be emptied in order to force a rediscovery
    on 1214/tcp.
    
    The (REG_BINARY) key is located at:
    	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\KaZaA\ConnectionInfo\KazaaNet
    
    Another thing to note is that Sharman Networks does not permit changes
    to the Kazaa client and "You may be subject to legal action if you
    continue to use the Kazaa Media Desktop in violation of this Licence."
    ===========
    3.2 Except as expressly permitted in this Licence, you agree not to 
    reverse engineer, de-compile, disassemble, alter, duplicate, modify, 
    rent, lease, loan, sublicense, make copies, create derivative works 
    from, distribute or provide others with the Software in whole or part, 
    transmit or communicate the application over a network.
    ===========
    
    Otherwise, KazaaLite is a great application...  ;-)
    
    --Keith Young
    --Security Manager, Montgomery County Maryland USA
    



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