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   Message 314 of 2,762   
   mark lewis to Janis Kracht   
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   25 Oct 12 12:26:10   
   
   > But from Enric his reply it's not dangerous, but anyway i dont like it that   
   > way.   
      
    JK> The reason he says it is not dangerous is because you are in this   
    JK> case, only opening up those ports to receive, not to send.   
      
   that's a bad view... it allows any and all external sources to beat on any and   
   all of those ports to see if they can find a way in even if there is nothing   
   actually listening on those ports... the network stack still has to handle the   
   traffic if even only to drop it...   
      
   )\/(ark   
      
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