[kwlug-disc] iptables logging/port confusion

Raul Suarez rarsa at yahoo.com
Wed May 20 22:34:25 EDT 2009


> I don't understand this. I have seen UPnP in the router
> settings but I
> don't know what it is for or why I would want to enable it.

No, you do not want to enable it, with UPnP enabled applications open ports even if you don't open them explicitly in the router. That's why I was advising to check it.


Raul Suarez

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