Coda File System

Re: yer port numbers suck

From: Peter J. Braam <braam_at_cs.cmu.edu>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 08:53:05 -0400 (EDT)
Well indeed. And we are also going to register the "core" ports for
fileserver and client.  It's just a bit uncivilized to register 13udp
ports. 


On Thu, 16 Apr 1998 thoth_at_purplefrog.com wrote:

> <braam_at_cs.cmu.edu> ,in message <199804151833.OAA01392_at_carissimi.coda.cs.cmu.edu
> 	>, wrote: 
> 
> > No, I think one arcane animal has a hardcoded portnumber.
> > 
> > To make your filterlife even more complicated, we are working on a
> > portmapper!
> 
>   Dear god, NO!  Actually, this isn't really a problem as long as you provide
> and document a command-line flag to allow the sysadmin to set the port numbers.
> This way people who don't care won't do a thing, and those who do care can
> control the port numbers and build filter rules to match.
> 
> -- 
> Bob Forsman                                   thoth_at_gainesville.fl.us
>            http://www.gainesville.fl.us/~thoth/
> 
Received on 1998-04-16 09:56:44