It seems to me that given the fact that napster has a changeable port #, and given the fact that it appears to want to initially connect to the Napster network (when installing anyway) perhaps you can also block those addresses as a further measure. FROM ARIN: Global Crossing (NET-GBLX-5) GBLX-5 208.178.0.0 - 208.178.255.255 Napster, Inc. (NETBLK-FGC-REQ000000003596) FGC-REQ000000003596 208.178.175.128 - 208.178.175.135 Phil On 17 Feb 00, at 10:34, Jayson Broughton boldly uttered: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Andrew, > When installed, and setting up a user Napster connects to TCP port > 1041 at 208.178.175.132:rmt. After the user information is setup and > stored on their server, the program searches for an open port. In > this case it was TCP 6699. When you are communicating with users in > a chatroom, or connected it seemed to like tcp 6700 to 208.178.175.132:1245. > The program allows users to get mp3's of your computer if they connect > to you and you have a certian folder shared(default napster/music). > I am sure you can turn this off in the preferences. And I know you > can specify it not to share when you are installing. To see what port > that your user is running active: Execute Napster Music Community, goto > File: Preferences: dataport. This will show you what port is listening > on the computer and allow you to change it. So if you don't want your > user to be using napster, just block that port. Of course napster > was probably designed knowing that someone would do this and the > programmers let that port be changable. Best way is to just remove > napster all togeather if you dont' want them to get though.
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