Re: Hamm Bug Stamp-Out List now on www

[Raul Miller <rdm@test.legislate.com>]

Steve Dunham <dunham@cse.msu.edu> wrote:
> The chooser does a broadcast asking for available xdm servers, and
> puts them into a list for the users.  I've guessing that the socket is
> there to receive the results of the broadcast.  (It's UDP, right?)
> IIRC, machines continue to show up in the list after it becomes
> visible on the screen.  (So the port has to remain open at least as
> long as the chooser is visible.)

xdm opens two sockets: a UDP on port 177 socket and a TCP on a
random port.  The UDP port is documented, the TCP port is not.
Both stay open as long as xdm is running.

-- 
Raul


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