Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 11:31:27 -0600 From: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ab.ca> To: David Pick <D.M.Pick@qmw.ac.uk> Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc inetd.conf Message-ID: <200010031731.e93HVRE59359@orthanc.ab.ca> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 03 Oct 2000 18:16:12 BST." <E13gVfo-0006bL-00@xi.css.qmw.ac.uk>
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>>>>> "David" == David Pick <D.M.Pick@qmw.ac.uk> writes:
David> Sorry, I don't get this. If sendmail attempts to call the
David> "auth" port on the sending machine and gets a response it
David> should be happy. If it gets no response (after a time-out)
David> it would be entitled to retry a few times in case of packet
David> loss.
No it wouldn't. TCP takes care of the retries for you. If the auth
service is blocked by a firewall the firewall will usually eat the SYN
packets, and you will never get a RST.
--lyndon
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