Port security question

masterk · 26 Jun 2006 at 20:18

Hi guys, i have been playing around with Azureus today, it says it needs a port open from the internet to work, it has added itself as an exception in Windows Firewall, i didnt expect it to work anyway as i am using a Router (Netgear DG843G firewall). But it does get through.

Can anyone explain how it gets through? Or should it not supposed to be getting through?

Thanks!

tolien · 26 Jun 2006 at 21:09

Azureus support uPnP, your router by default supports uPnP, ports get opened automatically.

masterk · 27 Jun 2006 at 11:14

Wow thats quite interesting actually, cheers for the reply.

crashuk · 29 Jun 2006 at 00:34

i always disable upnp its a security risk.

stoofa · 29 Jun 2006 at 00:49

Only really a security issue if you blindly click on "Yes" and "OK" when asked without actually reading what you are being asked to agree to.

masterk · 29 Jun 2006 at 08:28

stoofa said:
Only really a security issue if you blindly click on "Yes" and "OK" when asked without actually reading what you are being asked to agree to.

Would have been ideal, problem was i didnt agree to anything to do this, quick install and thats it.