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Why is it bad to have open ports?

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Mar 15, 202674720 views
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Here's something that has always baffled me. Why is it bad to have open ports on your computer? Assuming you don't have a virus on your computer or some other program listening to a port that may actually do something why does it matter if a port is open? If some malicious person starts sending pac…

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A port isn't open if something isn't listening for a connection on it. The reason it is bad form to have all ports open to everywhere is that it exposes those services that are listening on those ports to exploits. That is why firewalls exist, to li…

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