[vox-tech] firewall question

Henry House vox-tech@lists.lugod.org
Thu, 3 Jan 2002 14:54:43 -0800


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On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 12:20:25PM -0800, Nicole Carlson wrote:
> 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?
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> 1. Beats me.  Most services are connection-oriented.  The only "common"
> udp service I can think of is tftp.

DNS uses udp.

> 2. None springs to mind.  Wall 'em off.

I keep those closed and have not experienced problems.

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