full-disclosure - SQL Slammer

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From: niels=netsys at bakker.net (Niels Bakker)
Subject: SQL Slammer - lessons learned

I wrote:

> So, given (1434 - 1023 - 1) other applications that use UDP active, or
> that many outstanding queries, BIND may very well end up using UDP port
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 1434 for a query packet.

Which turns out to be incorrect - BIND allocates one socket only for
outgoing queries, but no entry in /etc/services will keep an operating
system from allocating a port randomly.

	-- Niels.

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