[hpsdr] The UDP ports in the new Ethernet protocol violate the ethos of the Internet.

[Simon Brown]

Port 1024 is a favourite for Trojans, virus writes and the spawn of other
evil organisations.

I do envisage issues getting out through networks not under the owner's
control, with the new protocol supporting 48k and 96k it's realistic to
expect the SDRs to be used from many, many kilometers away.

This problem does *not* affect the ports to which the SDR sends UDP packets,
this is fully configurable.

Simon Brown GK4ELI
http://sdr-radio.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Hpsdr [mailto:hpsdr-bounces at lists.openhpsdr.org] On Behalf Of Michael
Cozzi

     Well, I agree you have a point, but in practice most of the ports in
that range are protocols which are rarely used by hams- or in some cases by
anyone else.

     Just like no one adheres to fully to 2821 anymore... many of those
protocol assignments are dead protocols. Personally, given the application,
those ports don't bother me. Now if it was intended to be a WAN protocol...
then I might have issue.

     But it is a good point which should be considered.

     Michael- KD8TUT


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