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Date:      Thu, 10 Jun 1999 17:01:51 -0700
From:      Bill Swingle <unfurl@dub.net>
To:        Nick Rogness <nick@rapidnet.com>
Cc:        Gregory Carvalho <GregoryC@stcinc.com>, "freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: ports and applications
Message-ID:  <19990610170151.D843@dub.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9906101501260.33002-100000@rapidnet.com>; from Nick Rogness on Thu, Jun 10, 1999 at 03:07:39PM -0600
References:  <375F7453.77C0F526@stcinc.com> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9906101501260.33002-100000@rapidnet.com>

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On Thu, Jun 10, 1999 at 03:07:39PM -0600, Nick Rogness wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Jun 1999, Gregory Carvalho wrote:
> 
> > Using ipfw I am allowing port 80 through the wall (could you imagine if
> > I denied the good people of Gotham their web fix). Suppose I deny
> > telnet, but some external server has its telnet server configured for
> > port 80. Is there a method to prevent the telnet session from operating?
> 
> 	Why would anyone run telnet on port 80?
> 
> 	Is this an incoming or outgoing telnet session?  I'm assuming
> 	outoing telnet sessions. The only thing I can think of is running
> 	the machines through a proxy server.

Once, while working for a rather fascist employer that denied outgoing
connections on ports 22/23 I set up telnet, then later sshd, on port 80
on my home machine. They employers couldnt do without their web access
it seems :) I think this is what the original writer is trying to avoid.
:)

-Bill

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