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Neal Wilkinson wrote: | What kind of issues do you run into playing online games like UT2004 or | BZflag etc.? I'm assuming you have to open some ports to play and | therefore are vulnerable. |
Well if iptables is configured to allow related sessions through (meaning they originated from your machine in the first place and thusly are a response to your initial request through the firewall) you don't need to open any ports. I do not open any ports to play Battlefield or Counter Strike; however, if I wish to host a game, then I must open ports to allow the server to respond to requests to join the game.
Even if you leave the port open (someone correct me if I'm mistaken) so long as there is no server on the other side of that port, you are not vulnerable to anything. Nothing runs on the port other than the game and if it's not on, what is there to exploit? (Again someone check me real good if I"m mistaken in this or not)
Sincerely
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