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Date:      Fri, 12 Jan 2007 16:30:57 -0200
From:      Ricardo Nabinger Sanchez <rnsanchez@wait4.org>
To:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Cc:        hugme@hugme.org
Subject:   Re: Problem with port 0
Message-ID:  <20070112163057.2a3ec8f0.rnsanchez@wait4.org>
In-Reply-To: <f9876c510701120903r65543ef4nafc7eeead2becb42@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <f9876c510701120903r65543ef4nafc7eeead2becb42@mail.gmail.com>

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On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 12:03:17 -0500
"Hug Me" <hugme@hugme.org> wrote:

> We believe FreeBSD is not allowing a UDP source port of 0 and the kernel is
> dropping the packet before it ever reaches the tftp server but are unable to
> verify this hypothesis. I was hoping someone here could help shed some light
> on the problem.

But port 0 has special meaning to the kernel (ie, "give me some random
port").  Also, it is a reserved one.  Please check IANA:

	http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers

I'm afraid you'll have to select another port number.

-- 
Ricardo Nabinger Sanchez     <rnsanchez@{gmail.com,wait4.org}>
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