Detections
Analytics

MLDonkey Detection

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 1881

Synopsis

The remote host is running software that may not be authorized by corporate policy

Description

The remote host is running MLDonkey, a P2P file sharing software. In addition to the potential illegal use of this software (which can be used to download copyright protected material), this kind of software tend to be bandwidth intensive and may eventually degrade network performance.

Solution

Ensure that the software is being used for a legitimate purpose.

See Also

http://mldonkey.sourceforge.net

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 1881

Published: 8/20/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 11125