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Hi. Yesterday I portforwarded and I have a bukkit server setup for me and a few friends. I was going to advertise for a game of Race for the Wool, as we don't have enough players. Part of my IP is 50.82.***.** and I read somewhere that giving out your external IP is safe, but I'm unsure that this is my external IP. Any replies are appreciated, thanks
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Yah external is safe
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Golden-Name wrote Yah external is safe
Thanks, +repped, but is the one I posted my external one?
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Google, whats my ip.
Thats your public safe one
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giving out your whatsmyip IP is not too safe. people can Dos that easily.
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yeah it is safe to give out that one
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Turn on ping blocker.
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Yah, but if he wants to play Minecraft he needs to tell his friends
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Well his friends yes, but if he's mainly looking for fun and not server hosting then I recommend him keeping his IP only within him and his friends.
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go to whatsmyip.org to find your external ip address
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