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  • From: "Coleman, Dave" <DColeman AT US.TIAuto.com>
  • To: "'freetds AT lists.ibiblio.org'" <freetds AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: RE: [freetds] UDP, freeTDS and a v0.61 question
  • Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 13:01:27 -0500

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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