Re: where to go to understand DDoS attack vector

[Larry Sheldon <larrysheldon () cox net>]

On 8/26/2014 08:31, Roland Dobbins wrote:
> On Aug 26, 2014, at 8:26 PM, Stephen Satchell <list () satchell net> wrote:
>
> > qotd            17/udp          quote
>
> No, that's the protocol number - 17 is UDP - not the port number.


Really?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_TCP_and_UDP_port_numbers

udp DID used to be protocol 17, but it is a fact that quotd runs on udp 
port 17.


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