Here is my Port Forwarding Evidence letter:
I am emailing you information about port forwarding to further your understanding of the term. Many people do not understand the truth about port forwarding. This procedure does not open your computer up to viruses, nor does it give others any 'special access' into your computer. In fact, forwarding your ports for the use of an online game is comparable to connecting with the internet. Please take this following information into consideration upon your judgment of the secure process of port forwarding.
Port forwarding is, technically, allowing data transfer through a specific wire in your Ethernet cable. All port forwarding does is unblock one tiny wire within this cable so that data is allowed passageway through to the router, such as server information. However, only data is allowed through, and no viruses would have the capability of infiltrating into your computer. If people had a virus from opening there ports, they would probably not be hosting at all. We all have plenty of ports open already from the internet and whatnot. Many people tell that they have never found a virus entering there computer from an opened port, but rather what they have been up to at the time, i.e. a phony program, a web pop-up, etc…
Quote on January 27, 2010
"I've had to port forward Blockland, Grand Theft Auto Vice City, Grand Theft Auto San Andreas, Team Fortress 2, Garry's Mod, Teeworlds, Dawn of War, Counterstrike, and I believe a few more. I've had this for over a year."
This quote came from a person who has had their computer port forwarded to all these games for over a year, and never had one virus throughout this time span. This depicts how port forwarding is used for many games on the PC these days, and is a completely safe process trusted by millions of people. We already have ports open for internet, remote desktop features, and other things. Viruses can already get through there, but only if you intentionally download it, or you fall for a fake virus scanning pop-up, then end up downloading that. Or perhaps, if you think spam emails are real, and receive a virus from them.
Fact: The internet wouldn't work if we closed our ports open to it.
Many ports are already open on your computer. Of which are mainly use for the internet, and a few programs. Ports are the essence of online connection, without which thousands of computer games would only exist as SINGLE PLAYER.
I hope that you consider the legitimacy of this process. The sheer fact that millions of people and games around the world are trusted through port forwarding illustrates the reliability of the procedure.
Thanks, and I hope you reconsider your decision upon this topic.
Wishing you your very best,
Wesley Williams
