Anyone can open a connection to any port of the TCP/IP stack, as long as
there is a server
listening on that port, unless you have set up TCP/IP to block certain IP
addresses or are using a
firewall. On the other hand, you have to authorize userids to listen on p
orts below 1024 -- at least
-Original Message-
Glen Herrmannsfeldt Wrote:
Anyone can open a connection to port 25 and type SMTP
commands into that connection. That is TCP/IP as designed.
Are you saying that any VM user can open a connection to port 25 of the VM IP
Stack, or do you mean external (to VM) users?
The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
wrote on 10/23/2006 09:54:21 AM:
Are you saying that any VM user can open a connection to port 25 of
the VM IP Stack, or do you mean external (to VM) users?
Regards,
Richard Schuh
Provided you have not specified FREELOWPORTS
in your
Alan Ackerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Usually, high port numbers are assigned to clients.
Clients on VM include FTP, TELNET, NFS, and
Charlotte (web browser).
That is usual for most TCP/IP systems. High source ports
are assigned to any client, not just the obvious ones.
All the more
