On Monday 27 October 2008 21.42.35 Luke771 wrote: > On Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:28:33 +0100 > > bqz69 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Now my question, is it necessary to have any ports open in order for > > freenet to work best? > > No, it's not -necessary- in the sense that your node will work anyway, but > it's a good thing and you should do that. Let's see why. . . > Freenet uses two random ports for node-to-node comunication, which means > that an attacker can't determine the existence of a freenet node looking > for traffic on a particular port. > > In conclusion, you should allow inbound communications ('answering the > phone') on your darknet and freenet ports, and the only valid reason not to > do that is that you can't. Thanks :-)
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