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Dmz Enabled Is Dangerous? the only way to get high id

#1 User is offline   jojolina 

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Posted 22 July 2006 - 07:14 PM

<_< Hello emule friends,

Since i have a modum and router in one, i had trouble to get emule work properly. Now i have discovered that when i enable dmz in my router, all goes fine! High id. The only thing is, will it be very dangerous to do?
I use windows xp when i use emule since i don't manage to open the ports in other firewalls (zonealarm pro to pro for me).

Someone out there with some advice?
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Posted 22 July 2006 - 07:43 PM

If you already learned to switch DMZ on and off on your router, forwarding a few ports to your computer is pretty much as easy. So do that and switch off DMZ.

And yes, DMZ is dangerous if you don't have a really good and correctly configured software firewall protecting your PC. DMZ is completely unnecessary when port forwarding is done correctly.

You do seem to have a software firewall, but I can't be sure that the configuration does not leave too much unprotected. You seem to have managed to let eMule's incoming requests through your ZoneAlarm, otherwise DMZ would make no difference. The question is - how big is the hole that you made in ZA.

So forwarding correct ports and no DMZ would be a much safer solution.

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Posted 22 July 2006 - 08:24 PM

If you'd tell us, what manufacturer and model your router is, maybe we can direct you to a port forwarding guide.

It's definitely worth looking at portforward.com to see, if your router is listed there. They have portforwarding guides for most of the common routers and the guides exist specifically written for eMule and other applications.

http://portforward.c...routerindex.htm
It said: "Insert disk #3 into drive...", but only 2 will fit...?!?
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Posted 22 July 2006 - 08:38 PM

If you don't have a software firewall, and/or not the latest patches for all of your network connected software (like windows...) ... then yes it is dangerous.
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Posted 23 July 2006 - 05:57 PM

..never open anything you didn't ask for, and if you have the slightest doubt, bin it and start again, with or without firewall, spy ware protection etc etc
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Posted 25 July 2006 - 01:43 PM

Thanks for all the advice people!! :) I mananaged to open the 3 required ports through port triggering and switched dmz off. Throug port forwarding i did not get a high ID. But i think port triggering is just as fine?

Does anyone have an example of what to fill in in ZA professional how to open a programport for emule? Ofcourse i read the manual but it does not make everything clear to me..

Thanks a lot! (super sunny Amsterdam)
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Posted 25 July 2006 - 05:58 PM

Port triggering is also usually not a very good solution for P2P programs. Port forwarding is the right one.
Maybe the forwarding didn't work because you didn't forward it to the correct IP address. You have to use the IP address of your computer when you create the forwarding rules. You can get the address by running ipconfig command in the Command Prompt window. You should also make the address of your computer static, otherwise it might change when you reboot or disconnect from the router and the forwarding rules become useless.

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Posted 25 July 2006 - 07:01 PM

Thanks for all the info, it all works now with portforwarding....as long as i disable the software firewall. But for the modem i am done!

thanks!
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Posted 25 July 2006 - 07:03 PM

jojolina, on Jul 25 2006, 12:01 PM, said:

'Life gets better at 30 degrees'
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Posted 25 July 2006 - 07:12 PM

jojolina, on Jul 25 2006, 08:01 PM, said:

....as long as i disable the software firewall.
'Life gets better at 30 degrees'
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Can't you open the ports on the software firewall? Do you need help with that as well?
It said: "Insert disk #3 into drive...", but only 2 will fit...?!?
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Posted 26 July 2006 - 01:08 PM

Stoepsel, on Jul 25 2006, 09:12 PM, said:

jojolina, on Jul 25 2006, 08:01 PM, said:

....as long as i disable the software firewall.
'Life gets better at 30 degrees'
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Can't you open the ports on the software firewall? Do you need help with that as well?
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Well, just after my message i discovered i did not have to use an expert rule but found out where to open the ports (not even too difficult)
Thanks for the offer!
I am already earning credits for my emule participation! :cool2:

In Amsterdam we think it is cool to have 35 degrees!
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