RE: Port questionJun 24 2009 10:57PM David Gillett (gillettdavid fhda edu)
Closing port 113 is a good trade-off between security and
performance.
For historical reasons, generally when a client connects to
an email server via POP to download their email, the server
attempts to connect back to them on port 113. I believe this
service was intended for the case where t...
performance.
For historical reasons, generally when a client connects to
an email server via POP to download their email, the server
attempts to connect back to them on port 113. I believe this
service was intended for the case where t...
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