How should I configure my firewall?

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Hi everyone,

I am new here. Just getting my feet wet! :smiley:

I installed IPFS node and got the daemon up and running. In the connections section I see 768 peers. Does that mean that I don’t have to do anything with the firewall? Or should I still open the ports in my router?

From what I understand by reading the forum, IPFS runs on libp2p and libp2p doesn’t need any port forwarding. Correct me if I am wrong. :smiley:

How do I know if it is an incoming or outgoing connection?

Thanks,
Cherian.

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