Re: what runs on port 9? - Why attack port 9?

[Aaron Turner <aturner linuxkb org>]

Ah, quick check shows that Accend routers are accpetable to a DOS (force a
reboot) via the UDP version of discard.  Other than that, I don't see
anything else.

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On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, Steve Borho wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 19, 1999 at 09:54:48AM -0700, Scott Tyson wrote:
> > If port 9 is nothing but a dump device is it is active is this known
> > exploit point?   Why would someoe keep hitting that port for over a week
> > off and on if it were not accessible in some way?  He gets dead air from
> > me now since ipchians is denying him but there is usally a reason for
> > this kind of activity.
> 
> He might be checking connectivity... then again, weren't there some cisco
> boxes that rebooted when you hit their discard port with certain bad
> stuff?