Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756468AbXELDST (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 May 2007 23:18:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751922AbXELDSN (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 May 2007 23:18:13 -0400 Received: from quechua.inka.de ([193.197.184.2]:52621 "EHLO mail.inka.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750930AbXELDSM (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 May 2007 23:18:12 -0400 From: Bernd Eckenfels To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [patch] ip_local_port_range sysctl has annoying default Organization: Private Site running Debian GNU/Linux In-Reply-To: <46452301.4060306@zytor.com> X-Newsgroups: ka.lists.linux.kernel User-Agent: tin/1.7.8-20050315 ("Scalpay") (UNIX) (Linux/2.6.13.4 (i686)) Message-Id: Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 05:18:10 +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 534 Lines: 14 In article <46452301.4060306@zytor.com> you wrote: > However, there are a large number of applications which have registered > ports in this range. And some application who request random listening ports actually query the /etc/services file to ensure it is a "unnamed" port. Gruss Bernd - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/