Port Selection

[biosboy4]

As I was staring deep into my computer screen, something hit me; here it goes.

 

As this project matures, more and more Intersect gameservers will get ported to the world. I just want to take a brief moment to go over a couple of implications:

 

port# 4500 is a non-privileged port, meaning that it can be opened by non-root processes.

That being said, it would be impossible to know what is listening on the other side of that port since any guest process could hi-jack it.

 

When going live with your server, please consider using a privileged port. (port numbers 1024 and below). This way the listening service cannot be hi-jacked without the root password and so your server should "remain at the other end of the line" unless root itself says otherwise.

 

Also, I would recommend remotely accessing your server via a vpn tunnel so that you can do so via the local network. Porting ssh or vnc is not the proper way to do it.

 

Best Regards,

 

biosboy4

 

 

 

 

 

[Aesthetic]

Sticky? This is so important, a lot of developers seasoned or not forget the importance of using a privileged port for their servers.

[hra]

Absolutely needs to be a sticky thread.