Make the incoming port changeable
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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BaShare |
Confirmed
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Wishlist
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Guiodic (Guido Iodice) |
Bug Description
Originally reported by sziszi in Bug #479692, as question 2:
Bug or Feature?
If I setted the outgoing port to x and the incoming port automatically setted to x+1. If someone know my opened outgoing port(I don't have got any UPnP capable router(Crappy chinese junk) and I can't open UPnP port) the Someone can break into my computer, right? Make the incoming port changeable please.
First answer by Guido:
About security issue, it does no matter. Port and "port+1" are both opened, so if a cracker wants to crack you he can do it in port. The problem isn't to know a opened port, a 5 years old child can know this...
About all webserver use tcp port number 80 :)
To crack someone you need to use a vulnerability in the server program.
Second answer by Guido:
p.s. if you have not opened port on router, you have not opened port+1 too.
Third answer by Guido:
2) security: it is not a security hole. But as feature, I can introduce it in a next release
Changed in bashare: | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
status: | New → Confirmed |
assignee: | nobody → Guiodic (Guido Iodice) (guido-iodice) |
Changed in bashare: | |
milestone: | none → 0.5.1 |
tags: | added: port |