On Thu, 2003-02-20 at 16:25, Brad Knowles wrote: > At 11:03 AM -0800 2003/02/20, Ed Sawicki wrote: > > > I'm wondering why there is only one UDP port assigned to the DNS > > protocol? > > That's the way the standard was originally written. > > > It prevents us from using both an iterative name > > server and a recursive name server/cache on the same computer > > when only one IP address is available. > > Yup. That's a big problem for programs that can't handle both > functions in one codebase.
I want my systems to be as secure from attack as possible. To me, this means never allowing both functions to be provided by the same codebase. -- Ed Sawicki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ALC #---------------------------------------------------------------------- # To unsubscribe, send a message to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
