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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc inetd.conf
From: Lyndon Nerenberg (lyndon
orthanc.ab.ca)Date: Tue Oct 03 2000 - 12:31:27 CDT
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>>>>> "David" == David Pick <D.M.Pickqmw.ac.uk> writes:
David> Sorry, I don't get this. If sendmail attempts to call the
David> "auth" port on the sending machine and gets a response it
David> should be happy. If it gets no response (after a time-out)
David> it would be entitled to retry a few times in case of packet
David> loss.
No it wouldn't. TCP takes care of the retries for you. If the auth
service is blocked by a firewall the firewall will usually eat the SYN
packets, and you will never get a RST.
--lyndon
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