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Port Forwarding
RespyShunt
Member Posts: 396
in Hardware
Hey guys im having some connectivity issues with counter strike source and i was told Port Forwarding would solve all of this. Is this true? i read up on a guide about it and it seems legit but im afraid it will expose my IP somehow and people will hack my PC.
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Im not all too sure if it would work. It might. Cuz I did port forwarding for some other things and I havent gotten hacked. Or atleast I havent noticed being hacked yet.lol
ah well thats good to hear. i might try it. btw, i play antonia bale server too
http://portforward.com/guides.htm
are you working for nasa? no really, what do you have that is actually worth hacking? lets remember its a felony, i dont know many hackers out there that would do 5 for a bunch of porn and stuff they could get off torrents. i dont even see how forwarding the ports could make you any more hackable (if the cia wants in they get in). do it and dont think twice, i think like 90% of people out there have ports open and 90% of people are definitely not getting their identeties jacked.
good point, thanks
Doubt its the ports. My steam access has been working fine without the need to open ports. Sometimes ISPs want to try and limit certain type of activities so they block ports, like Port 80 commonly used in games. This is especially done in Dorms. Chances are its your ISPs doing, so I would contact them about it. You can even do a traceRT to find out.
Shouldn't help much.
Port Forwarding is mostly used when you "host" games. I.E. when people connect to your PC.
Also used in Peer 2 Peer environments such as BitTorrents, where people also connects to your PC.
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It's important to tell you that you are always being attacked. I have a very simple home network with a fair firewall that I have to update regularly. My log files show me at least 5-10 different attempts to break in each day, and this with fairly vigilant blocking. Most are ssh attacks trying to become root (administrator on Unix/Liunux machines.) By using whois, you can find the ISP and, hence, the country (ies) of origin. Many, many attacks from Mainland China, Russia, South and Central America. A smaller number from Europe. The points are:
1. You don't have to work for NASA to be interesting. Do you buy things with credit cards online. Have you ever used your SS number (or other id for non-US)? Do you have addresses of others on your machine? All of this is useful for identity theft.
2. Your machine can be used by others for spam, etc. without you knowing it.
So, it is very healthy to worry about opening ports. It would be a good idea to limit the use of game ports to specific incoming IP addresses (from the game servers). Otherwise, good luck. Hackers do port scans all the time.
I port forward all the time. I just use the windows vista firewall and the one in my router. FIne at the moment