On Sat, 2006-04-08 at 00:18 -0500, Laurence Vanek wrote: > Azureus is a different matter. Apparently I need to open the firewall > to expose certain ports for it to work. Otherwise, I get the infamous > "NAT problem" when configuring it. If that is the case, isnt this a > security problem with port(s) open when Azureus is not in use. It's a potential security problem, but only while Azureus *is* in use. > Surely not many are going go thru an open & close port cycle after every use of > Azureus. An open firewall port is only a problem if something (like Azureus) is listening on it, and has exploitable flaws. If nothing is listening then no one can connect to the port and do harm. Cheers Steffen.
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