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Re: [han.holl@pobox.com] libc/1172: rresvport should avoid well known ports
>>>>> Thorsten Kukuk writes:
Thorsten> On Fri, Jun 25, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
>> Check RFC1700, the ports are reserved until 1023 - and there're some
>> well known programs in the range like kerberos,syslog,talk.
Thorsten> Stupid. 512-1023 are used on all Unix for dynamically
Thorsten> assigned privileged ports. If IANA uses them all for fixed
Thorsten> programs, what should we do with RPC ? This means, it is
Thorsten> impossible to set up a "secure" NIS server or to make
Thorsten> "secure" queries, means queries from a port less 1023.
I agree. That's the problem - so what can we do? I wouldn't call
myself a network expert and therefore count on your opinions.
Andreas
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