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I'm no expert but shouldn't servers be behind some sort of firewall so they won't download code (or anything else) from random remote machines? Why would a serv
by astura 5y ago
I'm no expert but shouldn't servers be behind some sort of firewall so they won't download code (or anything else) from random remote machines? Why would a server need unfettered access to the outside internet during standard operations?
- duozerk 5y agoThey should, but they often aren't. Also, even if they are, this can be exploited with a port number the attacker picks. So unless you specifically whitelisted what outbound hosts your machine can reach and only those (which is rarely done and not always possible), it isn't likely to help.
- more_corn 5y agoUpdates.
- peterkelly 5y agoMaybe that server needs to talk to other servers on the internet.