Deacon said: > Whether through one port > or one hundred ports, it's only that software that'll be responding on > those ports. You are not any more or less secure opening port #100 than > you were at port #1.
When it's on one port or on specific ports, then the software generally sits and listens on those ports, holding them open. Usually when software requires a range, it does not hold them all open at once, but instead uses the ports as required. Because the ports are not held open in listen state, a trojan or other piece of malware could take over one of the ports. Your software might go through its range, find that port unavailable, and try the next one without reporting an error. Software shouldn't use port ranges. It should use specific ports. Although I agree with you that several ports are OK, so long as the software has control of them all all the time. -Mad _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
