Link me to a website showing open ports cannot be hacked.

[Makingblah]

I have had every port possible open for as long as I remember.
Guess what?

I'm still here, no problems.

proof, please?

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[SuperBryno]

that must be some paranoid dad.

[Kalphiter]

Port 80 is already open to allow you to browse the internet.

Tell him he is stupid.

Wrong.

Learn2IPProtocol

Port forwarding refers to opening a port to incoming traffic.

opening 1 - 4598548454 will show him

1 - 65535*

[DrenDran]

Port forwarding refers to opening a port to incoming traffic.

*connections

Actually, the highest port is 65535 or something.

1 - 65535*

[Kalphiter]

*connections

I used a perfectly fine word.

You know nothing of the subject, so please refrain from spewing incorrect information.

[DrenDran]

I used a perfectly fine word.

You know nothing of the subject, so please refrain from spewing incorrect information.

I know everything of the subject, with closed ports you can still receive packets, aka traffic, from any server, you simply can not act as a server, aka receive client connections.