[mythtv-users] Security of MythTV Status page?

John Veness John.Veness.myth at pelago.org.uk
Sat May 3 22:16:09 UTC 2008


Mike Dent wrote:
> Hi,just wondering if there are any security implications of opening port
> 6544 of the mythtv status page?
> This would be the only port on my firewall open and forwarded to my myth
> box. Anything I should look out for?
> 
> Thanks
> Mike

Perhaps it is no longer the case, but in the past there have been 
mythbackend crashes caused by accessing that port too frequently. I 
would be reluctant to have that port open to the world.

Cheers,

John

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John Veness, MythTV user, UK, DVB-T


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