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| Author: | the antipop [ Thu Mar 11, 2004 8:02 am ] |
| Post subject: | btdownloadgui.exe trying to access strange ports? |
Zone Alarm keeps notifing me that the btdownloadgui.exe (shad0w client) is constantly trying to access port 80 which is reserved for the Web server and port 6873. I was not aware that bit torrent used these ports typically, from my understanding ports 6881-6999 were used. Should I be concerned? |
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| Author: | TheSHAD0W [ Thu Mar 11, 2004 8:06 am ] |
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Ports 6881+ are normally used, but clients can be configured to use any port range. Some people use port 80 because it's the only port that hasn't been blocked. |
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| Author: | the antipop [ Thu Mar 11, 2004 5:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Hmmmmm. |
These alerts are outgoing and my Shad0w bit torrent client is configured for the default ports (in preferences) 6881-6999. Is there another way to configure these ports? |
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| Author: | TheSHAD0W [ Thu Mar 11, 2004 9:21 pm ] |
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These aren't ports your client has open; these are ports OTHER clients are running BitTorrent on, which your client has received data for via the tracker and which your client is trying to connect to. BitTorrent has a default port range, but people can -- and do -- choose other port ranges, for various reasons. |
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