Hello Janis!   
      
   24 Oct 12 14:02, you wrote to me:   
      
    >> Ask other sysops that use a similar environment such as Janis and   
    >> see what ports she uses as well as a copy of her routing tables both   
    >> within linux and within the router.   
      
    > I'm running linux here, Vince, so the version of BBBS I'm running   
    > handles the webserver and ftp differently.  It works exactly as you'd   
    > expect here. I tell BBBS to run ftp on port 60721, and www on 8080,   
    > and I tell my firewall to open those ports.   
      
    > Rudi is running BBBS under Windows XP.   
      
    >> What you have done is very, very risky!!!!   
      
    > I think what Enrique has said is that you are only opening that large   
    > lot of ports in one direction, receive, not send.  So, in this case   
    > the danger is less than it might be.  I mean, like I said to Rudi..   
    > anytime you open any port you take a risk of sorts.   
      
   .. and running Windows adds to the problem and to cap it all XP is no longer    
   supported by Micysoft.   
      
      
      
   Vince   
      
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