Its archived in my reply :)

Hello, Future Generations!

On 5/23/07, Howard Lowndes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I doubt it because I use X-No-Archive: yes

James Dumay wrote:
> We find comfort in the fact that this rant will remain archived on the
> net for years and years to come.
>
> James
>
> On 5/22/07, Howard Lowndes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I've just wasted half the afternoon trying to work out why a tftp server
>> wasn't delivering a config file to a VoIP phone, and I finally discover
>> that it's mode of operation has been changed during an "upgrade" of the
>> tftp server, presumably to "enhance" security.
>>
>> The client had been requesting the file by accessing destination port
>> 69udp on the server, and the server had been delivering the file via
>> source port 69udp.  This meant that I could have very tight and specific
>> filters in iptables.
>>
>> Now I discover that the server delivers the files via random high source
>> ports instead, which means that now I have to open up the filters to
>> accommodate a wide range of source ports from the server instead of the
>> original port 69.
>>
>> I do not call that enhanced security and the idiot that thinks it is
>> should be emasculated.
>>
>> To add insult to injury I can find nothing in the scant documentation to
>> tell me how to force the server back to its original mode of operation.
>>
>>
>> I feel better now  :)
>>
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