[vox-tech] firewall question

[Nicole Carlson]

On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> web and ssh work fine just opening up 80/tcp and 22/tcp.   what exactly
> are the udp ports used for?   is there any reason to open them up?

1. Beats me.  Most services are connection-oriented.  The only "common"
udp service I can think of is tftp.
2. None springs to mind.  Wall 'em off.

--nicole twn

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