[ipv6hackers] Scanning for IPv6 addresses embedding TCP/UDP service ports

S.P.Zeidler spz at serpens.de
Sun Mar 17 02:34:52 CET 2013


Thus wrote Jim Small (jim.small at cdw.com):

> Old School Usenet!
> TCP/119 - NNTP
> TCP/563 - NNTP-S

I can see that being used for a host IPv6 address local part.

> Legacy "simple" TCP/IP services - yes some people actually still leave these on...:
> UDP or TCP/7 - Echo
> UDP or TCP/9 - Discard
> UDP or TCP/13 - Daytime
> UDP or TCP/17 - QOTD
> UDP or TCP/19 - Chargen

Do you seriously expect someone to pick the local part of a hosts IPv6
address to announce that it serves chargen?

regards,
	spz
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