On Monday 27 October 2008 21.42.35 Luke771 wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:28:33 +0100
>
> bqz69 <bqz69 at telia.com> 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.
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> 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 :-)
