FTP and the Warez Scene

Peer-to-peer file sharing systems, such as Gnutella, provide new ways to trade illegal software. However, software theft via FTP, Internet Relay Chat channels and bulletin boards still is prevalent. Open anonymous FTP sites on your network may be serving operating systems, application software, games, music, movies and more to users around the world. Although software theft via FTP is very common, the risk of FTP abuse can be reduced by scanning networks for anonymous FTP sites, monitoring FTP activity, and securing FTP server configuration.