RE: port 113

[Mullen, Patrick]

> Our experience with port 113, the AUTH port, is that peak 
> performance is
> maintained with it allowed through the firewall.  This does 
> not mean the
> AUTH service has to be running.

A better solution would be for your firewall to
RESET, rather than DROP the connection.  This way
the remote server tears down it's query, rather than
waiting for a timeout.


~Patrick
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