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  • From: Brian Bruns <camber AT ais.org>
  • To: freetds AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [freetds] UDP, freeTDS and a v0.61 question
  • Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 12:38:22 -0500 (EST)

They probably saw the news reports about the SQL slammer virus and udp
port 1434, and assumed TDS was UDP instead of just the discovery protocol
(does it have a name, or at least an acronym?). A little knowledge can be
a dangerous thing indeed. ;-)

On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, Craig Davison wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 31, 2003 at 06:42:24AM -0500, Coleman, Dave wrote:
> > This is very good news. Perhaps not a widely known fact, as every
> > IS person here was convinced that SQL used UDP and was very concerned when
> > they saw what was immediately labeled as "data corruption". Sorry for
> > having to mention it to clear the air.
>
> Maybe you should give your IS staff a refresher course on using netstat :)
>
>





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