University Connection Problem

I have read the Troubleshooting FAQ and saw that it said currently there is no workaround for the security measures that Universities and Colleges use. Is this still the case? I really enjoy LimeWire but will have to look elsewhere if I cannot find an alternate port.

Thanks.

[DungHeap]

I, too, am having that same problem. Anyone have a fix yet?

Only way around it is find a different port that is not blocked... thats the only way I have been able to get around my University's filtering. But its hard to find decent servers that are not using the defualt port.

hey what alternate ports do u use instead of limewire, so far ive only been able to use audiogalaxy, but it doesnt work for mac, is there anyway around this problem???

What someone needs to do is create a client that communicates on port 80. This traffic then wouldn't be as detectable by a packet filtering firewall - as many companies allow un-blocked outbound traffic for port 80. The traffic would be less conspicuous unless you were hogging up the bandwidth.

Then, you would have to worry about a network intrustion detection engine looking for the standard Gnutella connect string. If someone could make this client alter the connection string also, you would have a "stealth" client - that is until people realized that.

The problem that you want people to be sharing files but the more people who know, the higher likeliness that it is the Network Security Community will create counter-measures.

Make a client that permits you to alter the connect string and allows you to change port, then create a forum where people can share connect strings and ports - possibly with importable and exportable settings that they could transfer to each other via another means - e-mail, or have them posted in a forum or a web page. This would counter most Network Security options and would make a Guerilla sharing client.

If you can do that, the RIAA will never be able to stop you - nor will your bosses!

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[theheffe]

If morpheous is an Audiogalaxy client, then it's blocked in my dorm, but I found that a new client: <A href="http://www.songspy.com">SongSpy</A> will work on my campus. don't know if it just uses a different port or what, but it might work on your campus too.

Also, couldn't sombody on campus set up an internal ip address and use gnutella over the LAN? I know it would only get songs from other people on campus, but it would be better than nothing.