Subj : Re: Port changes for Star Collision BBS
To   : Zip
From : Andre
Date : Thu Mar 24 2022 09:15:47

 Ex>> Why?   Thats a good way to lose callers.

 Zi> It's because I missed that the ephemeral port range on my Linux distro is
 Zi> 32768-60999, so any "custom" ports not covered by /etc/services should be
 Zi> outside that range. (Although of course /etc/services could be edited or
 Zi> the ephemeral port range changed, but I opted for a move instead and to
 Zi> leave the OS defaults unchanged.) 

What I think he's getting at is that those aren't custom protocols/ports. If I'm connecting by telnet or SSH to some box (e.g., your BBS), then I expect that they'll be on ports 23 and 22. If they're not, I'm not going to go to a website to figure out what custom ports they're using for a standard service.


- Andre
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