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My parents are skeptical about me hosting.
Acerblock:
--- Quote from: Buu on December 29, 2012, 04:44:24 PM ---you're not sending a letter
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Jeez, he's planning on showing his parents the thread.
Chill.
Buu:
--- Quote from: Acerblock on December 29, 2012, 04:45:24 PM ---Jeez, he's planning on showing his parents the thread.
Chill.
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yeah, but its more like a letter than a post
Kalphiter:
--- Quote from: Buu on December 29, 2012, 04:44:24 PM ---you're not sending a letter, but anway, being hacked is unlikely, although you might get ddos'd
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You could get that if you didn't have your ports opened. What does it matter?
--- Quote from: Badspot on July 06, 2009, 03:20:12 AM ---I don't know how to say this without being rude, so I'm just going to be rude. Your dad shovels coal for a living and I am a goddamn professional computer programmer. I know more about this subject than your dad. Port forwarding, if done correctly, is completely safe.
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pecon98:
--- Quote from: Buu on December 29, 2012, 04:44:24 PM ---although you might get ddos'd
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Although port forwarding doesn't make this any more or less likely.
Acerblock:
Buu, port forwarding has nothing to do with DOS.
Or DDOS, which would never happen.
Who would want to program a bunch of computers to attack an individual home's network. That's beyond stupid.