Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 10:17:03 -0600 From: Jacques Vidrine <n@nectar.com> To: Allen Campbell <allenc@verinet.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Privileged port problems Message-ID: <199902221617.KAA67943@spawn.nectar.com> In-Reply-To: <36D12D31.1C649D7F@verinet.com> References: <36D12D31.1C649D7F@verinet.com>
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On 22 February 1999 at 3:10, Allen Campbell <allenc@verinet.com> wrote: > My ISP appears to be filtering outgoing packets for privileged > source port numbers. This is preventing me from accessing > anoncvs.freebsd.org; the CVS client attempts to authenticate to > anoncvs.freebsd.org using a privileged source port (via rsh) and the > operation times out. I also observe that rpcinfo as a > non-privileged user works correctly, but fails as root because it > then attempts to use a privileged source port. > > I'm fairly certain I will have no luck convincing my ISP to allow > these connections. No doubt they will claim it prevents their > customers from using their system to attack other hosts. Bah! Complain and, if necessary, switch ISPs. You are paying your ISP to route transport IP traffic. By filtering your legitimate IP packets, they are not living up to their part of the bargain. Jacques Vidrine / n@nectar.com / nectar@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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