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[–] Scrath@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Why port forwarding off specifically?

[–] EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 months ago

when you use port forwarding, you're opening yourself up to a lot of malicious activity. Someone could maliciously plant some CP on your hard drive if you have port forwarding enabled.