[Mo1]

As for the IP addresses... if you've ever visited Stanford's home page, you've given them your IP address.

True .. but my Firewall blocks them from the information on my computer

[VeniVidiVici]

True .. but my Firewall blocks them from the information on my computer

But what the folding program does is nothing more onerous than a web browser. It connects to Stanford, downloads the program, crunches the program, then uploads the results to Stanford.

Now, your browser is using certain ports through your firewall, is it not?