I would rather have someone vent their spleen than keep it in and then explode and cause harm to themselves and others in a more serious or hurtful manner.
Also it spices up the day to see people other than me have issues. On Tue, 22 May 2007 06:01:44 pm Howard Lowndes 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 :) > > -- > Howard. > LANNet Computing Associates - Your Linux people <http://lannetlinux.com> > When you want a computer system that works, just choose Linux; > When you want a computer system that works, just, choose Microsoft. > -- > Flatter government, not fatter government; abolish the Australian states. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
