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From: Terry Lambert <terry@cs.weber.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: More Questions Re: NFS install problem (2.0.5R)
Date: 24 Aug 1995 02:30:54 GMT
Organization: Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah
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j@bonnie.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) wrote:
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] John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> wrote:
]
] (Use reserved port for NFS.)
]
] >I'm curious ... why is this even an option? Why not simply *always* use a
] >privileged port for NFS during the install? That should work with any
] >NFS server.
]
] Since the idea behind it is, ähem, braindead (and only used by Sun).
What J"org means is that in most cases it's not necessary, it
doesn't actually enhance security, and you have a finite number
of priveledged ports you can use before you run out.
So you don't want to burn one unnecessarily unless you have to
(ie: you are talking to a Sun machine).
Terry Lambert
terry@cs.weber.edu
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