Hi guysI run a decent firewall and have done a little searching here and there.
I have a brief question regarding security and torrne t use.
My Torrent client allows me to select the ports it uses. These i change to random ports every so often. Then I forward those ports on my modem and open the ports in my firewall while i am actually using the client to do a dowload. I only open the ports on the firewall when i download something.
I have noticed that if I dont use my torrent client then the firewall registers very few incoming actions that it has blocked.
However after using the torrent client and aftewards when i close the ports in the firewall as I am no longer downloading, then stacks of blocks will be performed by the firewall for the next 10 minutes or so. I assume that it is poeple(unfriedly) who have been able to see my Ip adress using their Torrent client. How have they been able to see which port I have opened? What can they do while the torrent client is open and the ports are not protected by the firewall? Should i be concered by this or am i being paranoid?
I only open 5 ports at a time and never the normal or commonly used ones. So i doubt that a quick guess would give someone the ports. The Torrent client is ABC.
Your help is appreciated.