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(OP) User ID: 78201243 United States 11/26/2019 04:47 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Hence the advice to get to know how they work. Setting a port means where it asks you which port that you fill it in with a number. Why 80 and 443 is because those are the ones the internet is using to connect with you. They could be any number, so their meaning is irrelevant at this point, but it's necessary to block the connection at the right port obviously. Pre filters: (Example for pre filter) Address: 192.168.2.2 Port: 80 Post filters: Address: 192.*.*.* Port: 80 Address: 192.*.*.* Port: 443 I'm not an expert, just trying to help. Last Edited by Jesus is also the Father God on 11/26/2019 04:51 AM Jesus Christ is God. Read the Holy Bible, keep his commandments, obey all of his commands, save your soul. Jesus blesses you! <3 |
Boaty
User ID: 77825331 United States 11/26/2019 04:51 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 192.x.x.x is reserved private address space, which means nothing connects to it directly. It has to use NAT to get out to the public internet. From there, a specific dynamically assigned port is used to get traffic back from the sites and services you visit. Blocking your own internal IP address accomplishes nothing but making it harder for you to use your device. Also, nothing can randomly connect to your private IP space because it's not routable across the public internet. Last Edited by BoatyMcBoatface on 11/26/2019 04:51 AM ```````````````` ````__/\__`````` ~~~\____/~~~~ .~~..~~~....~~~ ~..~~~....~~~~ Thoughts do not come from you nor God; you do not create thoughts; you are not your thoughts; every thought is a lie. - 2 Corinthians 10:5 - [link to www.biblegateway.com (secure)] |
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(OP) User ID: 78201243 United States 11/26/2019 04:53 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 192.x.x.x is reserved private address space, which means nothing connects to it directly. It has to use NAT to get out to the public internet. From there, a specific dynamically assigned port is used to get traffic back from the sites and services you visit. Quoting: Boaty Blocking your own internal IP address accomplishes nothing but making it harder for you to use your device. Also, nothing can randomly connect to your private IP space because it's not routable across the public internet. Why does Imgur app keep trying to connect to 192, for what possible reason, and when blocked works fine, but biblehub.com won't work unless specifically allowed to pass? I have all 192 traffic blocked and I am able to do everything except connect to biblehub.com without the specific pass filter. Last Edited by Jesus is also the Father God on 11/26/2019 04:54 AM Jesus Christ is God. Read the Holy Bible, keep his commandments, obey all of his commands, save your soul. Jesus blesses you! <3 |
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Boaty
User ID: 77825331 United States 11/26/2019 04:58 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 192.x.x.x is reserved private address space, which means nothing connects to it directly. It has to use NAT to get out to the public internet. From there, a specific dynamically assigned port is used to get traffic back from the sites and services you visit. Quoting: Boaty Blocking your own internal IP address accomplishes nothing but making it harder for you to use your device. Also, nothing can randomly connect to your private IP space because it's not routable across the public internet. Why does Imgur app keep trying to connect to 192, for what possible reason, and when blocked works fine, but biblehub.com won't work unless specifically allowed to pass? It goes like this: Your Device (192.168.x.x) ---> NAT ---> Imagur (port 80 or 443) Then: Imagur ---> your PUBLIC IP address ---> NAT ---> Your Device (192.168.x.x on a randomly assigned port your device picked) === What do you mean that Imgur keeps trying to connect to your 192.168.x.x address? If you have the app open, it will keep communicating with it because of something called websockets. Once you have a connection with their servers, they use websockets to send updates about their service back to you. Like, new images or likes/follows/new comments/whatever.. If you exit the app or close the browser tab, it stops communicating. ```````````````` ````__/\__`````` ~~~\____/~~~~ .~~..~~~....~~~ ~..~~~....~~~~ Thoughts do not come from you nor God; you do not create thoughts; you are not your thoughts; every thought is a lie. - 2 Corinthians 10:5 - [link to www.biblegateway.com (secure)] |
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(OP) User ID: 77919450 United States 11/26/2019 09:00 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thanks Boaty. Maybe one day I'll understand a bit better, I just don't like all those unnecessary connections. I block ad server connections from the app as well as third party connections. Last Edited by Jesus is also the Father God on 11/26/2019 09:03 AM Jesus Christ is God. Read the Holy Bible, keep his commandments, obey all of his commands, save your soul. Jesus blesses you! <3 |