# IPFS ports firewall

**URL:** <https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ipfs-ports-firewall/996>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** go-ipfs\
**Created:** [August 23, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ipfs-ports-firewall/996 "2017-08-23T20:09:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 6:01pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ipfs-ports-firewall/996/4 "2017-08-25T18:01:29Z")

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Assuming you’re not trying to expose your daemon’s API/gateway to the public internet, opening port `4001/tcp` should be sufficient.

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