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n°92714
07-17-2008 at 05:54:16 AM

If I open a port up for lets say Half-Life 27015 on my wireless router can some one break into my computer and my network using that port?


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n°92716
07-18-2008 at 03:54:19 PM

A listening port isn't a security risk, but unpatched software may be. You just have to keep the system up to date and you're good to go.


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