Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 11:14:42 -0700 (PDT) From: bmanning@...
perhaps. but last I checked, it was the Internet Architecture Board not the Internet Operations Board. So form an architectural purity perspective, sure, don't filter (and by extention, pull out firewalls and NATS.... :)
Ports < 1024 are "privileged" and tend not to be used as a source port for outgoing packets. This in turn affects packet filters. Life might be easier if a port range had been reserved for passive FTP connections. It would seem architecture and operations are at least somewhat coupled. Should there not be interaction between the two? "Here is what we built; deal with it!" doesn't appeal to me. (Judging from the wildcard threads, it doesn't seem to appeal to others, either.) I'd like the arch folks to listen to the ops crowd, and I see no reason why it shouldn't go the other way too. Eddy -- Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - EverQuick Internet Division Bandwidth, consulting, e-commerce, hosting, and network building Phone: +1 785 865 5885 Lawrence and [inter]national Phone: +1 316 794 8922 Wichita _________________________________________________________________ DO NOT send mail to the following addresses : blacklist@brics.com -or- alfra@intc.net -or- curbjmp@intc.net Sending mail to spambait addresses is a great way to get blocked.