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Date:      Thu, 20 Jan 2000 21:05:09 +0300
From:      Vladimir Dubrovin <vlad@sandy.ru>
To:        matt <matt@ARPA.MAIL.NET>
Cc:        FreeBSD-SECURITY <security@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: legit udp ports for traceroute
Message-ID:  <2878.000120@sandy.ru>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001201242380.2995-100000@w01.arpa-canada.net>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001201242380.2995-100000@w01.arpa-canada.net>

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Hello matt,

20.01.00 20:43, you wrote: legit udp ports for traceroute;


m> Sorry if this is off-topic, but I'm wondering what range of udp ports is
m> used by legitimate traceroutes? I generally deny udp, but would like to
m> open up enough so that traceroutes could go through to a certain machine.

Usually traceroute starts from PORT 33435. Maximum hope is usually 30,
so it sends up to 90 packets increasing the port. It means you need to
open  33435-33524.  Note,  that  Windows  NT traceroute sends ICMP 8.0
packet instead of UDP.


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