FreeTDS Development Group

["Coleman, Dave" <DColeman AT US.TIAuto.com>]

you know, you're probably right.  I didn't even think of that.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Bruns [SMTP:camber AT ais.org]
> Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 12:38 PM
> To:   freetds AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject:      Re: [freetds] UDP, freeTDS and a v0.61 question
> 
> 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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