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EvaUnit02
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by EvaUnit02 » 26 Dec 2006, 01:26
Is it recommended that I forward on my ADSL router the ports used for HTTP (80), FTP (20) and HTTPS (443)? Thanks.
slasher13
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by slasher13 » 26 Dec 2006, 13:19
EvaUnit02 wrote: Is it recommended that I forward on my ADSL router the ports used for HTTP (80), FTP (20) and HTTPS (443)? Thanks.
FTP should be on port 21
... I would open port 25 for SMTP.
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by bradavon » 26 Dec 2006, 15:02
Why open ports when traffic gets through anyway? I've opened ports used by P2P but do wonder if I need to.
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by slasher13 » 26 Dec 2006, 15:08
bradavon wrote: Why open ports when traffic gets through anyway? I've opened ports used by P2P but do wonder if I need to.
One thing I would add Bradavon, when using P2P, if you don't have it, get
PeerGuardian 2 . This program will update with loads of ip addresses which are
banned , so no company could look into your PC.
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by bradavon » 26 Dec 2006, 15:15
Cheers Slasher. I'll give it a go. It is a concern with such software.
Slasher: I presume I want to block HTTP? What does that exactly block? HTTP sites still work.
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by slasher13 » 29 Dec 2006, 22:40
bradavon wrote: Slasher: I presume I want to block HTTP? What does that exactly block? HTTP sites still work.
Hey Bradavon,
I think that is for 'HTTP downloading' via torrent, for me it quite fast, so I don't block it, maybe the same for you, not to block it
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by bradavon » 30 Dec 2006, 02:01
It seems an odd thing to block then.
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by EvaUnit02 » 07 Jun 2007, 12:04
Well fuck, I just port forward port #80 and the net page loading does seem faster.
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by Lourdes » 07 Jun 2007, 23:16
You only need to forward ports for applications that act as a server. Actual servers and P2P applications fo the most part. Otherwise leave everything well alone, it makes no difference.
Eva that's your imgination.
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by gojensen » 08 Jun 2007, 09:30
Yup.
So long, and thanks for all the fish!