# Firewall and Napster?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firewall-and-napster/53909
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [February 10, 2001, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firewall-and-napster/53909 "2001-02-10T11:36:39Z")
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### Author: ![HugeHuw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@HugeHuw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HugeHuw)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2001, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firewall-and-napster/53909/1 "2001-02-10T11:36:39Z")

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I was just wondering How a firewall works, and more specifically if it would block filesharing software such as Napster? Why is a firewall a good thing?