Port forwarding advice

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 26 Dec 2006, 01:26

Is it recommended that I forward on my ADSL router the ports used for HTTP (80), FTP (20) and HTTPS (443)? Thanks.

slasher13 · Post by **slasher13** » 26 Dec 2006, 13:19

EvaUnit02 wrote:Is it recommended that I forward on my ADSL router the ports used for HTTP (80), FTP (20) and HTTPS (443)? Thanks.

FTP should be on port 21

... I would open port 25 for SMTP.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 26 Dec 2006, 15:02

Why open ports when traffic gets through anyway? I've opened ports used by P2P but do wonder if I need to.

slasher13 · Post by **slasher13** » 26 Dec 2006, 15:08

bradavon wrote:Why open ports when traffic gets through anyway? I've opened ports used by P2P but do wonder if I need to.

One thing I would add Bradavon, when using P2P, if you don't have it, get PeerGuardian 2. This program will update with loads of ip addresses which are banned, so no company could look into your PC.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 26 Dec 2006, 15:15

Cheers Slasher. I'll give it a go. It is a concern with such software.

Slasher: I presume I want to block HTTP? What does that exactly block? HTTP sites still work.

slasher13 · Post by **slasher13** » 29 Dec 2006, 22:40

bradavon wrote:Slasher: I presume I want to block HTTP? What does that exactly block? HTTP sites still work.

Hey Bradavon,

I think that is for 'HTTP downloading' via torrent, for me it quite fast, so I don't block it, maybe the same for you, not to block it

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 30 Dec 2006, 02:01

It seems an odd thing to block then.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 07 Jun 2007, 11:04

Well fuck, I just port forward port #80 and the net page loading does seem faster.

Lourdes · Post by **Lourdes** » 07 Jun 2007, 22:16

You only need to forward ports for applications that act as a server. Actual servers and P2P applications fo the most part. Otherwise leave everything well alone, it makes no difference.

Eva that's your imgination.

gojensen · Post by **gojensen** » 08 Jun 2007, 08:30

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