Hacking attempt on server

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Going sligtly OT but with the firewall on my pc all ports are closed to incoming traffic to avoid attacks, hence what the firewall is there for, why would you have any open? For me to connect to any service my ports have outbound access.

In certain situations a desktop PC might need open incoming ports for applications like TeamViewer/uTorrent or some gaming services etc. No one would be able to connect to your Counterstrike/Teamviewer/Teamspeak server that is running on your PC if you did not have the correct incoming port open.

With a web server the same thing applies. Without an open port 80 (or whatever other ports are needed for the services run thereon) the web server would not be accessible from the internet at all and thereby render it useless.