Re: TCP port 7 traffic from DoubleClick

[Joseph S D Yao <jsdy () cospo osis gov>]

Quoting a quoted letter a third time:
> In the course of determining the best suited POP, Global Dispatch preforms a
> latency measurement.  This latency measurement is done by making a
> connection  to the client DNS server on TCP port 7 and then dropping the connection.

Can anybody believe such arrant nonsense?  And especially a person
calling himself ... what was it ...
> "The Ultimate Enterprise Security Experts" 

???

Of course, this "technical" explanation was probably quoted by help
desk people from sales brochures.

Everyone who hangs their DNS servers off port 7 for pre-forming latency
measurements, raise your hands.  No, the ones attached to your arms.

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Joe Yao                         jsdy () cospo osis gov - Joseph S. D. Yao
COSPO/OSIS Computer Support                                     EMT-B
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