[iTunes] Blocking iTunes Sharing
SE
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Wed Apr 11 06:35:32 PDT 2007
Thank you Michael. I am the IT admin. The associate publisher gave the
PW to one of the graphic artists and she has created several problems as
a result.
Sam
Michael Prete wrote:
> SE wrote:
>
>> Several employees are breaking the rules and sharing their iTunes
>> libraries over the Novell network.
>>
>> I know I need to go to System Preferences and disable Port 3689. Does
>> anyone know where in the System Preferences I do this? I looked in
>> the Sharing area but did not see a place to block a port.
>>
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
> If you want to block your computer from sharing your iTunes music,
> just go to iTunes Preferences>Sharing and uncheck all boxes. Its not
> necessary to disable ports.
>
> If you insist, you can go to System Preferences>Sharing and choose the
> Firewall tab. Scroll through the list until you find iTunes music
> sharing and make sure that box is *not* checked either. That disables
> the port on your software firewall.
>
> Your IT admin would have to close the Port 3689 for your LAN, but that
> would seem highly redundant after the settings described above.
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