How dangerous are open ports? - Quora

Forwarding ports is NOT inherently dangerous in itself and YES the safety is dependant on the service at the target port. But safety also depends on how good is your router's firewall and how well it is protected, both internally and externally. For remote access, both SSH and VPN works as good as each other. What are the dangers of port forwarding? : admincraft Jan 12, 2012 Is UPnP a Security Risk? - How-To Geek Oct 24, 2019 DMZ and portforwarding are equally dangerous? - Security Aug 21, 2010

Port forwarding - Wikipedia

Forwarding ports is NOT inherently dangerous in itself and YES the safety is dependant on the service at the target port. But safety also depends on how good is your router's firewall and how well it is protected, both internally and externally. For remote access, both SSH and VPN works as good as each other. What are the dangers of port forwarding? : admincraft Jan 12, 2012

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