Re: Someone fill me in on this port blacklisting stuff

[Ben Bucksch]

Jeffrey W. Baker wrote:

>Can anyone spill the beans on "port blacklisting"
>
The code, for those interested:
<http://bonsai.mozilla.org/cvsquery.cgi?treeid=default&module=all&branch=HEAD&branchtype=match&dir=&file=&filetype=match&who=&whotype=match&sortby=Date&hours=2&date=explicit&mindate=2001-06-05+17%3A03&maxdate=2001-06-05+17%3A11&cvsroot=%2Fcvsroot>

>The whiteboard on that bug has
>good stuff like "MUST HAVE. Security Hole."
>
How can avoiding a static list of ports fix a security hole?