[Eug-lug] firewallls

[Jim K]

If I block these ports won't that interfere with using firefox accessing
the internet?
Jim K
Alan wrote:
> On Wed, July 25, 2007 8:54 am, Jim K wrote:
>   
>> In skype's world for systems behind firewalls a super node acts as a
>> server the peer to peer networking scheme.(I'm don't claim to be a
>> networking  expert.)
>>   If you are interested in using skype I recommend reading the following
>> link first.
>> http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/security/howto/2006-06-21/
>> Jim K
>>     
>
>
> Though I don't use skype, I know how super-nodes work.
> If you don't want to be a super-node, you can block the ports.
> However, you say this is "not good". I'm curious as to why this would be
> "not good".
>
> -ajb
>
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