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Subject: Re: New file transfer protocol: FSP
From: avalon @ coombs . anu . edu . au (Darren Reed)
Date: Fri, 14 May 93 14:15:35 EST
To: dspencer @ mproj . retix . com (David Spencer)
Cc: Firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: <9305131624 . AA05422 @ mproj . retix . com>; from "David Spencer" at May 13, 93 9:24 am
Reply-to: avalon @ coombs . anu . edu . au

In some email I received from David Spencer, Sie wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> > On Wed, 12 May 1993, Brent Chapman wrote:
> > 
> > ...
> > 
> > Suggestions have ranged from denying Internet access to all students, to
> > blocking all UDP traffic except for essential services. So far no further
> > action has been taken until we can come up with something that will be
> > effective. Any suggestions?
> 
> 	Yeah you can block UDP traffic but then 'v2' of FSP will
> 	be developed which you use a non-hardcoded TCP port and
> 	then won't you be back in the same boat?  Or a cloaking
> 	version of FSP which uses multiple TCP ports...

This would at least partially solve the problem of FSP `flooding' network
connections.

Darren



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