networking - Unable to automatic upnp port forward for p2p connection, Is this available for only trusted application?

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2014-07
  • Sanjiv Kumar

    My router allows a set of trusted applications to manage their port forwarding. BitTorrent can etc. The list is quite long. Anything outside that list must be done manually?

    This is the link: Easy Port Forwarding and Managing Router with UPnP

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  • Alexis Hirst

    I have set up a VPN server in Leopard to allow me to connect to my MBP from my iPhone.

    I have used an application called iVPN that is great for setting one up, and I have used Port Map to map the relevant ports using UPnP with my router.

    I have used a few port scanning websites to try to see how secure my computer currently is, and it seems to be fine, but, my question is, how secure is it leaving ports 500 and 4500 for allowing VPN access?

    Just incase there are any questions regarding password complexity etc, it is a strong password and I have PPTP and L2TP enabled.


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  • jtbandes

    As long as it's a strong password, and no vulnerabilities are found in the services responding on those ports, you should be fine to my knowledge (this applies to most things).