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Re: LYNX-DEV Chargen/port 19 DOS
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Benjamin C. W. Sittler |
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Re: LYNX-DEV Chargen/port 19 DOS |
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Fri, 26 Sep 1997 11:59:41 -0600 (MDT) |
On Fri, 26 Sep 1997, Matthew Barr wrote:
> Was there a patch written for lynx to disallow connections to port 19?
> I saw a thread in the archives on this, but there was no resolution.
> One person suggested ulimt, but why shouldn't someone just disallow
> connections to port 19 from lynx? Is there any reason to connect to
> port 19?
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> I'm not on this list, so please reply to me directly.
I have used http://somehost:19/ as a quick-and-dirty test of network
connectivity... you just look at the status line, and abort (^G) when you
realize it is/isn't working. But this is probably not a very common
need...
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