port randomization range

Chris Thompson cet1 at hermes.cam.ac.uk
Tue Jul 29 13:42:27 UTC 2008


On Jul 28 2008, Evan Hunt wrote:

>> Is there some way to limit the range of ports that bind-9.5.0-P1 uses
>> in it's source port randomization?
>
>Not without changing the source code, but in 9.5.1 (currently in its
>first beta release) it's configurable.

Will the mooted -P2 versions have what 9.4.3b2 & 9.5.1b1 have, i.e.

   use-v4-udp-ports { range NNNNN NNNNN; }; // or a more general
   use-v6-udp-ports { range NNNNN NNNNN; }; // "port list" of course

in named.conf->options, or some equivalent?

-- 
Chris Thompson
Email: cet1 at cam.ac.uk


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