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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