• @[email protected]
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        21 year ago

        You don’t want the service to create arbitrary outbound connections, but you want your device to be able to communicate with the service.

        It’s been a while since I’ve done network stuff, but it sounds like a pretty simple textbook problem.

          • @[email protected]
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            21 year ago

            You can block a service from establishing outbound connections while allowing it to respond to inbound connections. It’s pretty common to do this because server software generally has no business calling out unprompted.