Zoneserver mararc dns_port patch
Milan Kupcevic
milan at physics.harvard.edu
Tue Feb 17 08:55:46 EST 2009
On Tue, 17 Feb 2009, Alexander Clouter wrote:
> Hi,
>
> * milan at physics.harvard.edu <milan at physics.harvard.edu> [Tue, 17 Feb 2009 01:08:47 -0500 (EST)]:
> >
> > + /* Set the dns_port */
> > + dns_port = read_numeric_kvar("dns_port",53);
> > + if(dns_port < 1 || dns_port > 65530) {
> > + harderror("dns_port must be between 1 and 65530");
> > + exit(1);
> > + }
>
> Only to satisfy my curiousity, why '> 65530' and not '> 65535',
> otherwise known as 2^16 - 1?
>
> Cheers
>
Zoneserver should act the same as MaraDNS acts. Take a look at
/server/MaraDNS.c. Why MaraDNS limits listening ports to 1--65530 range is
a mistery of itself.
Milan
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