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Re: critical security vulnaribility fixed in Tor 0.1.2.16
On 8/4/07, vikingserver@xxxxxxxxx <vikingserver@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Please describe a little bit.
> Please describe how someone can reach port 9051 behind a firewall.
port 9051 is usually bound to localhost (127.0.0.1). a firewall
(usually) protects against external connections. applications /
utilities bound to localhost can access other ports bound to this
address.
best regards,