Re: [Freeipmi-devel] ipmi_open_free_udp_port

[Al Chu]

No responses, I'll take it there is no issue then.

Al

On Tue, 2006-07-18 at 14:33 -0700, Al Chu wrote:
> Is there a portability issue on some OS that makes this function a
> requirement?  I see no reason for it:
> 
> A) The IPMI ports are < 1023, which means they are reserved ports
> 
> B) Reserved ports shouldn't be gained via an ephemeral port (i.e. bind
> to port 0).
> 
> Unless there is some wierd OS where 'B' is true?
> 
> Al
> 
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