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Need to setup portforward for port 443 even though the target is in the DMZ
I'm unable to connect to port 443 on my DMZ host. Port 22, port 80, port 2999, ... everything works EXCEPT port 443. When I perform an external port check (with `nc -zvw3 280.266.258.260 443` fo...
Euhm... That's exactly the problem I'm describing here. I *have* to configure a portforward rule or it doesn't work. It's even in the title :/
When in the DMZ all ports are made available to the target device while in the DMZ. Thus no PF is needed.
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Networking-101-The-DMZ-137550
Yes, I know what a DMZ is. That's the problem here. When I don't set up the port forward rule, port 443 does not reach the target host. So I'm saying something's broken in the DMZ implementation of this device.
What happens if you remove the target device from the DMZ, disable uPnP then configure the PF rules you need? This works?