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monster_truckyesterday at 3:41 PM2 repliesview on HN

Exposing it to what exactly? The internet? Yes that's how it works


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cuu508yesterday at 5:23 PM

If somebody learns that such-and-such DynDNS URL is mine, they can always do a DNS lookup to find my current IP address. They can:

- find my approximate physical location

- regularly scan ports on my IP and wait for me to accidentally expose a service I didn't mean to

- track me in any access logs they have access to

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johngyesterday at 4:06 PM

This requires no port forwarding, so someone brute force scanning your IP won't find this and your open port. they also might have a harder time figuring out what service has been exposed since the port number itself will be unknown.