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Re: (ASCEND) SNI-26: Ascend Router Security Issues
On Tue, Mar 17, 1998 at 09:44:54AM +0100, Michiel Boland wrote:
> [...]
> > In order to locate Ascend routers, the Configurator broadcasts a specially
> > formatted UDP packet to the "discard" port (port 9).
>
> Why the hell is the *discard* port used for this?
Because it, by definitionem, if used at all, will just discard what
was received and thus the method doesn't harm anybody else ? Not that
bad an idea IMHO. Of course it has to be stable...
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