[OLUG] Caution to @home users

[David A Davidson]

Note that rerouting also works for ad supported software. If you're
using gozilla,
cuteftp or any other free oops!, ad supported software you can use the
same
rerouting functions. Simply use netstat or some other network monitoring
software
and find out where the site is the ad supported software is download the
advertising
from, then create a small batch file to remove the advertising
capabilities.

My real concern though is that @home seems like its going to try and
stop anyone
from using a server even if the server is not actually serving anything
other than its online and active. Its seems to be yet another attempt by
the system from letting people use linux for their computing pleasure.
Simply trying to close down computers
because it has SMTP capabilities is no reason to try and prevent people
from
using servers regardless of their definition of what a server is.

>         You rock.  Lemme understand this, all packets destined for
24.2.4.66
> will be routed through localhost, and hence lost?  So all replies from

> that addy are thus "sent to vortex?"
>
> _chris
>
> brian at bstc.net wrote:
>>
>> 1 liner cure for this invasion:
>>
>> route add -host 24.2.4.66 gw 127.0.0.1
>>
>> Brian Roberson
>> brian at bstc.net



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