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by gzread 120 days ago
Why are you running software that randomly opens firewall ports?
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malware. Got any no-name IOT devices on your network? Got some Huawei built hardware anywhere? Playing some new indie game from developers in romania?

I had to install openwrt on my router so that I could restrict access to upnp by mac address just to my gaming pc (imo this should be standard on any router as an advanced setting, most are just upnp yes/no) so that I can still play online games.