[lug] Sendmail listens to Port 25 too, though using DaemonPortOptions=Port=8025

Nate Duehr nate at natetech.com
Mon Nov 19 14:20:11 MST 2001


There are some DNS record types proposed in RFC's to handle this, but
they're not widely supported (if at all).

Nate

On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 12:45:46PM -0700, Rob Nagler wrote:
> >      Correct me if i'm wrong, but isn't /etc/services a way for other
> >      machines to see what services, and on what ports you are offering
> >      them?
> 
> No.  /etc/services, /etc/networks, /etc/resolv.conf etc. are all
> completely local.
> 
> Amazingly, there is no standard way to advertize services your
> computer provides.
> 
> Rob
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