But my port wasn¹t specified; I was trying to talk to port 514 on the destination. If what you¹re implying was true, then only OBEY users could use FTP, since it¹s port number is 21.
-- Robert P. Nix Mayo Foundation .~. RO-OE-5-55 200 First Street SW /V\ 507-284-0844 Rochester, MN 55905 /( )\ ----- ^^-^^ "In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice, theory and practice are different." On 3/7/08 2:57 PM, "McKown, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am not an expert, but from what little I know, the "lower ports" (<1024) > were considered to be "privileged". The convention was that if the originating > port was <1024, then the remote end could __assume__ that the originator was > "authorized" in some special way. And so, by convention, the "lower ports" > were considered to be more "secure" than the "higher ports". Silly, but this > dates from a long time ago. > > > -- > John McKown
