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Which ports to forward for a hardware firewall.

Which ports to forward for a hardware firewall.

If you have a hardware firewall and the Tweaks Tester won't run for you, forward these ports:

1. First step communicates on 8086
2. Second step uses 8085
3. Third is icmp:8 to icmp:0

Overall, you need 80, 8086 and 8085 -- icmp is optional.

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by Pinan edited by JMGullett
last modified: 2007-02-23 16:50:01

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Which ports to forward for a hardware firewall.