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Re: [tor-relays] does it make sense to close unused ports at a tor relay with iptables ?

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From: Toralf FÃrster <toralf.foerster@xxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 11:18:26 +0200
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On 04/28/2016 11:14 AM, Tim Wilson-Brown - teor wrote:
> Ports in, or ports out?
Ports in I meant, sry.

> Closing inbound ports is a security precaution
The question is - if there's no program listening on that port, does filtering that in-port has any effect ?

> but don't close ssh by mistake!
:-D

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