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jc1742
Dec 03, 2022Aspirant
Orbi RBR750 port forwarding rejects connections for "security reasons". How can it be fixked
Well, I'm still working on making Port Forwarding work. I'm installing an Orbi RMR750 router, and it's working for outgoing web requests. I have a server running on a local machine, and I've set up...
jc1742
Dec 04, 2022Aspirant
Well, maybe, but the folks (like us) who run a web site explicitly to make certain info public, would object that people intercepting the downloads is doing exactly what we want. It's making our info available to even more of the puiblic. đ The packets contain nothing but the IP headers (present for encrypted messages, too), and the info we're trying to get out to the public.
So what info is there in the download packets of a public file for which interception is a security risk? There are no passwords or other secret information in either the headers or the packets' data.
Note that I'm not saying that no network communications contain secrets. Some, like email transfers, certainly do, but that's normally not done via http links. But http was designed to make posting of public data possible, and was started without any passwords or encryption with the explicit understanding that http was for "public" data that anyone can download. While we do have organizations that want to limit access to members, and their secrecy is understandable, the fact remains that that's not really why http was invented or why it became so popular.
CrimpOn
Dec 04, 2022Guru - Experienced User
Correct. Web browsers complaining about http web sites is a major pain. As far as I can see, they all do it now.
I think there is a setting on many browsers which automatically puts "https" in front of any URL where the user did not specify http or https.
My point is that directing people to an http only web site is almost guaranteed to confuse them as their browsers warn them "Don't go there!!!!"