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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,