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Date:      Thu, 13 Nov 2003 12:23:07 -0600 (CST)
From:      Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com>
To:        "Dmitry S. Makovey" <dmitry@athabascau.ca>
Cc:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: What could be on udp:48152
Message-ID:  <20031113122147.L558@odysseus.silby.com>
In-Reply-To: <200311131112.18246.dmitry@athabascau.ca>
References:  <200311131112.18246.dmitry@athabascau.ca>

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On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Dmitry S. Makovey wrote:

> dimon@gateway ~ > sockstat | grep 49152
> bind     named      270   4  udp4   *:49152               *:*
>
> Now', is there any reason for bind to use this port?
> Googling for that subject didn't bring any results other than usualy this port
> is first available for dynamic ports. Which doesn't make sence to me.
>
> System:
> FreeBSD 5.1
>
> - --
> Dmitry Makovey

Bind uses a dynamically bound port for outbound DNS queries.  5.1 uses a
different range of ports (49152-65535) for dynamic ports than 4.x did
(1024-5000).  If you search for bind and port 1024, you'll find hundreds
of people asking the same question. :)

Mike "Silby" Silbersack



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