Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 11:18 EDT From: Barney Wolff <barney@databus.com> To: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: interesting connect(2) side effect... Message-ID: <3786139b0.5440@databus.databus.com>
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My ancient 2.1.5 connect(2) manpage does document the UDP effect. It also works on Irix 5.3-6.5 and is documented in the manpage, so really it's not unintentional. Barney Wolff <barney@databus.com> > From: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> > Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 13:47:10 +0200 (MET DST) > > i was considering this a side effect because i can't find documentation > mentioning this as a feature -- certainly not the connect(2) manpage. > Not to mention that nothing prevents a second, unprivileged app on > your server send packets on the same UDP port -- if you want to do > a safe filtering you do need a better mechanism. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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