Thread: Exposing Calibre Server externally
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Old 04-02-2015, 04:38 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by Giuseppe Chillem View Post
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I have a windows 8 setup. I suppose there could be dangers exposing calibre server port externally.
Are there good "guidelines" to do this ?
Is there any logging of access requests ?
Exposing anything externally can have dangers. Use care and all available Router and firewall features to restrict the exposure.
IMHO avoid port 8080. Use 808x where x is a random digit

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