Getting through a firewall
I met a man that told me it is possible to open ports on a remote computer if you can ping the computer. Well ... I need a port open and I can ping the computer but he never told me how to open or route ports. If someone out there can give me directions, I would be very appreciative. Thanks.
Re: Getting through a firewall
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Originally posted by NeoTekAngeL
I met a man that told me it is possible to open ports on a remote computer if you can ping the computer. Well ... I need a port open and I can ping the computer but he never told me how to open or route ports. If someone out there can give me directions, I would be very appreciative. Thanks.
Uhm... I think he didn't know what he was talking about. Generally, in order to open a port on a computer, you have to run a program on that computer that opens and uses the port. If you can't run programs on the remote computer... You can't open a port.
Bottom line, I think he was wrong, you need a LOT more than just a ping-able computer.
And the port has to interface with the system somehow, a simple port with nobody listening on the other end won't do any good, it's like a door that opens into midair, just making the door doesn't help. You can go through it, but it isn't useful.