Old 14th December 2006, 20:49   #1
kaweka
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Secure way of listening internet radio

I'm going to use Winamp for listening internet radio.
Sunbelt Kerio PFW is used and its usage is based on Packet Filter Module.

How should I connect to broadcast servers while having opened only a limited number of ports instead of a wide range of ports ?
What stream format is to be used then ?
What form of URL's does then apply ?
Does Winamp need in such a case any special setting ?

I wish to have define in my FW a packet filter rule
opening a small number of ports.
Now I have open inbound for TCP and remote port range 1000 to 65535, local port range 1024 to 4999.
But I think there could be a way for listening internet radio,
where I don't have to open so many of ports.

Thanks for any hints in advance.
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Old 14th December 2006, 21:45   #2
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It's just a standard HTTP connection. Most servers run on the port 8000, but you can really set that to anything. You make an outbound connection to the server port using HTTP and a random port is chosen to complete the socket.

You really don't have to be that paranoid.

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