I found some software that I can only get via eMule p2p. (it’s legal stuff, seriously).
While the eMule code looks legit, since I’m paranoid and don’t trust it, I plan to run it on a PC running Mandriva Linux on a LiveCD (no hard drive).
LiveCD Linux distros are hard to hack, and anything bad gets erased by rebooting the PC. Storage is to a usb jump drive, and no data other than the files downloaded will be on this PC.
While I know that p2p on a normal PC is a great big fat ugly security risk…but on a hardened Linux PC with no data, is there a risk?
If I have to open firewall ports to make eMule work, then it will go into a saz/dmz such that other PCs on the LAN won’t be vulnerable.
