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Is AI War Multiplayer Safe?

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WolfWhiteFire:
I know using stuff like Hamachi can be risky. But what about the one other option port-forwarding? I am interested in trying multiplayer but I learned the only way to do it is one of those 2 ways. I don't have any friends with the game, and I don't actually know how to really use port-forwarding (though I can most likely look that up), so I need to know if it is safe.  Thanks for any responses. I did try looking up whether port forwarding was safe but the articles I found didn't say whether it is safe for this sort of use.

wyvern83:
I've only ever done multiplayer over LAN essentially, we were both on the same network.

I feel Port-forwarding would be safer over using Hamachi but unfortunately I don't know enough to give an informed opinion on the safety of using either between different networks, ie across the internet. I would like to introduce some of my friends to AI War sometime so I'd love to hear the answer to this question as well.

Draco18s:

--- Quote from: WolfWhiteFire on October 16, 2016, 05:50:19 pm ---I did try looking up whether port forwarding was safe but the articles I found didn't say whether it is safe for this sort of use.

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This is pretty much why port forwarding exists.
Ports are closed by default and you have to open them for specific applications.

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