Subject: Re: rpcbind, strange udp port
To: ddg <ddg@yan.com.br>
From: Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 04/04/2003 11:13:23
On Thu, 3 Apr 2003, ddg wrote:

> root     rpcbind     3599    6* internet dgram udp c0c688a0 *:111
> root     rpcbind     3599    7* internet dgram udp c0c68360 *:1019

> > > what is port UDP 1010 when is opened rpcbind ?

I read in a usenet posting that the second port is used as an end point
for indirect calls. RFC 1833 mentions it a little. This transport selector
can be a dynamically generated UDP port (so it may be different each time:
like you had 1010 and now 1019 and on my file server it is UDP 1003).
On some systems, it is a UDP port greater than 32770.

   Jeremy C. Reed
   http://www.reedmedia.net/