[Gllug] IPSec

[Simon Stewart]

On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 10:34:08AM +0000, will wrote:
> Jonathan Dye wrote:
> >>>>incoming UDP is blocked
> >>>>
> >>>How do they do DNS then?
> >>>
> >>>How do the replies get back from the DNS requests?
> >>>
> >>I would guess that the reply comes back in the same connection?  As in, 
> >>you don't disconnect and the server which then attempts to make a 
> >>connection back to you?
> >>
> >
> >UDP is connectionless!
> 
> Oh yeah <hides>

But some firewall products claim to do "stateful" UDP (IPFilter
springs to mind) if memory serves.

Cheers,

Simon

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