[Ham-Computers] Routers, port forwarding and "BitTorrent", questions

[R B]

Not necessarily unless a specific exploit targets the
port you use for Bitorrent, since you can assign most
any (uncommon) port it is unlikely that an exploit
will target your machine.

I've found that Azureus is a fine Bitorrent client
with many advanced features. It is open source, very
reliable and will update itself automatically, I get
speeds of up to 125K on a cable connection. Get it
here - http://www.getazureus.com/

R B

--- Philip Atchley <Beaconeer at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Hi All,

> 
> 2.  Am I opening my machine up to "attacks" by using
> the "Port Forwarding" 
> feature of the LinkSys router and forwarding the
> ports used by BitTorrent 
> (Zone Alarm is still scanning the files as I see the
> activity indicator in 
> the task bar lighting up)?  Just to be safe I also
> intend to scan EVERY file 
> with the Zone Alarm scanner before opening them
> after the download.
> 


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