Re: Source Port

["Dharmendra.T" <dharmu@nsecure.net>]

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Yes, That is how the applications work. The server will connect to the
client's arbitrary ports for communication except some cases. 



On Tue, 2003-04-15 at 16:41, Raymond Leach wrote:

    Why? In the specific example that you give, what would be the
    implications?
    
    
    On Tue, 2003-04-15 at 13:02, Dharmendra.T wrote:
    > Hi Everyone, 
    > 
    > I am a regular reader of this list and I have absorbed that most of
    > the users won't use the source ports in their rules. Say for ex, 
    > 
    > #iptables -A INPUT -s 192.168.1.0/24 -p tcp -d 0/0 --dport 23 -j
    > ACCEPT 
    > 
    > In these kind of rules they will not specify the source port from 1024
    > to 65545. I strongly recommend all Linux Users to specify the exact
    > rules what is allowed and what is not allowed. 
    > 
    > Any Comments? This could be a good practise? 
    > -- 
    > Regards
    > Dharmendra.T
    > 
    > 
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Dharmendra.T


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