server and ports

[prez13]

so i have recently purchased some hardware to start hosting some game ,and voice servers. my question is if i open a port for a server can it be exploited to get into my home network or take control of the server?

sorry if this is the wrong section.

[LienusLateTips]

Potentially.

[prez13]

1 minute ago, JDE said:

Potentially.

is there a way i can make my server more secure?

 

[LienusLateTips]

Just now, prez13 said:

is there a way i can make my server more secure?

 

Potentially. Depends on firewall and that thing.

[AvocadosGuac]

Just now, prez13 said:

is there a way i can make my server more secure?

 

Dont give out your IP.

 

You'll be fine.

 

A few years back i hosted an mc server with a steady 40 players on at a time and never once has someone try to hack into it.

[prez13]

Just now, Jrock said:

Dont give out your IP.

 

You'll be fine.

 

A few years back i hosted an mc server with a steady 40 players on at a time and never once has someone try to hack into it.

what do you mean dont give out my ip? foce them to use a host name pointed to the ip? cant they still get the ip for that?

[AvocadosGuac]

Just now, prez13 said:

what do you mean dont give out my ip? foce them to use a host name pointed to the ip? cant they still get the ip for that?

Forgot that you were hosting when i typed that lol.

 

If you run Skype, you have ports open for it. 

 

If i had your IP i could scan it for ANY open ports.

I guarantee you that you have open ports on your network......

 

Dont worry about it.

[RadiatingLight]

2 minutes ago, prez13 said:

what do you mean dont give out my ip? foce them to use a host name pointed to the ip? cant they still get the ip for that?

basically, only tell your IP/Host name to the people you trust

[prez13]

Just now, RadiatingLight said:

basically, only tell your IP/Host name to the people you trust

ah i just wanted to be able to throw the comms ip host nae to anyone and not worry about it

[RadiatingLight]

1 minute ago, prez13 said:

ah i just wanted to be able to throw the comms ip host nae to anyone and not worry about it

It should still be fine.

 

I was just clarifying what @Jrock was saying, not suggesting you acutally do it.

[prez13]

Just now, RadiatingLight said:

It should still be fine.

 

I was just clarifying what @Jrock was saying, not suggesting you acutally do it.

id only give it to people that if i was playing overwatch with them and they were good i would give them the ip so we could talk on better then in game comms

[RadiatingLight]

1 minute ago, prez13 said:

id only give it to people that if i was playing overwatch with them and they were good i would give them the ip so we could talk on better then in game comms

That seems pretty safe.

[Oshino Shinobu]

Something I would advise doing is using a high number port, rather than lower number port, as they are typically attacked less often. Common/default ports like 20, 21, 22, 80 etc. are more likely to suffer random attacks. 

[prez13]

1 minute ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

Something I would advise doing is using a high number port, rather than lower number port, as they are typically attacked less often. Common/default ports like 20, 21, 22, 80 etc. are more likely to suffer random attacks. 

yea i would be running a minecraft server so 25565 or arround there

 

[Oshino Shinobu]

Just now, prez13 said:

yea i would be running a minecraft server so 25565 or arround there

 

The server can run on any port, you just have to change the configuration files to match the port you choose. Makes it even more secure if you're using a port that isn't used for something as common as an MC server. 

 

You could also look into setting up DynDNS so that you can give people a URL to use instead of giving them your IP address at all (obviously, they can still find it pretty easy, but it's not clearly visible). 

[prez13]

Just now, Oshino Shinobu said:

The server can run on any port, you just have to change the configuration files to match the port you choose. Makes it even more secure if you're using a port that isn't used for something as common as an MC server. 

 

You could also look into setting up DynDNS so that you can give people a URL to use instead of giving them your IP address at all (obviously, they can still find it pretty easy, but it's not clearly visible). 

yea i have a dynamic ip address so i am going to hace duckdns giveing my server one static host name and then i will have godaddy point one of my host names to that host name