Is A Ns Server Safe?
nederlander
Join Date: 2003-01-06 Member: 11911Members
Join Date: 2003-01-06 Member: 11911Members
<div class="IPBDescription">about safety</div> my father keeps denying me of my own NS server:angry: because he says its not safe, he also says it opens ports for hackers and that we might aswel hang out a sighn that says welcome hackers...
is he right?
or can i send a bunch of <!--emo&::onos::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tiny.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tiny.gif'><!--endemo--> after him
is he right?
or can i send a bunch of <!--emo&::onos::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tiny.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tiny.gif'><!--endemo--> after him
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2. It doesn't "open up ports" it listens on exactly 1 port (mebbe 2 for like server listings or something) and doesn't provide a hacker-useful service of any kind. So, if you're not behind a firewall then you're ALREADY open for hackaging, but if you aren't, you can simply open the 1 port needed for halflife on udp and not have to worry about getting hacked at all.
3. unless your computer holds some super valuable information and everyone knows about it, I wouldn't really worry about being hacked even if you opened all your ports (if firewalled) because for the most part it takes too damn long to do anything useful. The only thing I would secure is any network shared folders you have and make them read-only or even passworded, other than that there isn't much to fear.
suceptible (spelling?) to hackers
there are ways to bypass most systems.....
(no one is really safe)
Boss x,
I've found it!! It's the only firewall I could find that fit into the budget you gave me, but it's happens to be the most secure way to prevent hackers!
Step 1: Get a pair of these
<img src='http://www.clansid.org/hostedpics/wirecut.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'>
Step 2: Apply ample pressure to grip of tool while wire for internet connection is between cutting edges of tool.
He then decided to raise the budget for the firewall equipment. And to this day I think he still has a printed copy of this email tacked to his wall.
2. It doesn't "open up ports" it listens on exactly 1 port (mebbe 2 for like server listings or something) and doesn't provide a hacker-useful service of any kind. So, if you're not behind a firewall then you're ALREADY open for hackaging, but if you aren't, you can simply open the 1 port needed for halflife on udp and not have to worry about getting hacked at all.
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It opens up a couple ports for rcon that aren't normally used by your computer.
Plus it listens on whatever port you set it to 27015 usually and 27005 for client connects and such. Plus you also have an encrypted port open to the master server.
But he's right, your more likely to get hit by a bus than have it exploited, as long as you run it in a protected directory, just like any other server.
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and I'm pretty sure that it *wants* to listen on more ports for like server listings, but 27005 isn't required at all, on my router at home I only open up 27017 on udp for my server and it seems to work 100% except for the halflife server browser usually doesn't report it.
chmod the directory to read only.
<a href='http://attrition.org/~bronc/linux2.txt' target='_blank'>http://attrition.org/~bronc/linux2.txt</a> is a GREAT text on security. No security paper is ever complete, but this one is good. (these can be applied to doze machines as well)