Date   : Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:02:34 +0200
From   : rick@... (Rick Murray)
Subject: Econet <> Ethernet

Mark Usher wrote:

> The gateway only listens on UDP port 0x8000 and forwards packets from there
> that conform to the AUN protocol. It doesn't pass traffic from all ports. It
> also has a telnet interface for config on the Ethernet side TCP port 23 and
> will use 0x8001 for ATP. It will not scan the payload for malicious traffic.

Just to clarify - when I talked about ports, I was referring to *ECONET* 
ports, not TCP/IP ones.

In this sense, it would seem more logical to be able to block certain 
'ports' from passing through the gateway.


Best wishes,

Rick.

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