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Doug Barton wrote:
> However, named is still picking a "random" UDP port on startup and
> locking it down (2 if you're also using IPv6) although it's not
> immediately clear to me why.

And the answer is .... in order to make the -P1 releases as clean as 
possible, that part of the code was not touched (which I think is a very 
good decision) and that port may continue to see use down the road.

hope this helps,

Doug

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