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Re: TCP and UDP Port 0 - Should an ISP or ITP Block it?


From: "K. Scott Helms" <kscott.helms () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2020 18:08:30 -0400

Nick,

Data on blocking inbound TCP or the kinds of gear that mistakenly
labels UDP fragments as DST port 0?

Scott Helms


On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 9:00 AM Nick Hilliard <nick () foobar org> wrote:

K. Scott Helms wrote on 26/08/2020 13:55:
To be clear, UDP port 0 is not and probably shouldn't be blocked
because some network gear and reporting tools may mistake a fragmented
UDP PDU for port 0.  That's an implementation error, but one that may
be common enough to create issues for users.
do you have data on this?

Nick



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