On 11/10/12 09:53, houkensjtu wrote: > It seems that, not only on the router, but also I should open a specific port > on my laptop, otherwise netcat will not be able to connect from outside my > home. > > I wonder why this happens and what is the mechanism behind it. > Is it possible to open a port in debian, without launch certain software so I > can netcat from outside to my home laptop?
You can have the port open in firewall terms, but if you don't have any software listening on it you will receive "connection refused". -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/50768f92.3000...@deathbycomputers.co.uk
