I wonder how many protocols/servers that are "officially registered" there are by now completely out of use (as in, truly not actively used by anyone on the planet).
And how many of the listed email addresses still work.
Port 666 is officially registered to Doom
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Re: Port 666 is officially registered to Doom
#42Why not also include the IANA link: https://www.iana.org/assignments/service-names-port-numbers/...
So when I scan a server and 666 happens to be open. Nmap will now report “doom” under the “Service” header? Most people will get a chuckle, but I suspect laymen and even Christian zealots will throw a fit. Like when a normal person gets an error on their screen and it prints “process closed: child killed by parent”. It will probably raise an eyebrow at the very least, lol.
>but I suspect laymen
How many laymen are doing port scans, but also don't know to Google "port 666 doom" when they have a question?
I suspect the number is pretty small. Small enough to not really be a concern.
Re: Port 666 is officially registered to Doom
#43616, the "other" number of the beast, was officially registered to SCO. Maybe also fitting in hindsight.
For young'uns who weren't enjoying The Register's constant string of snarky headlines at the time... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCO%E2%80%93Linux_disputes
If you're interested in getting WAY more detail on all of the aspects of that lawsuit, there was a truly amaazing and groundbreaking legal blog at the time called "Groklaw," run by a paralegal who was really great at breaking down every tiny move in the trial and contextualizing it to the larger battle. Was probably the start of my interest in following legal proceedings. She was so good at it that at one point SCO tried to depose her, believing that she was actually a front for IBM. The blog was sadly shut down in 2013 over privacy concerns, but it's still there, archived, although it probably isn't nearly as fun if you know the ending.
Re: Port 666 is officially registered to Doom
#44Does 'officially' do anything?
Yes, it means that you can reliably expect most UNIX/Linux systems (possibly even most OSs with IP stacks) to resolve the port "doom" to 666.
Re: Port 666 is officially registered to Doom
#45Why not also include the IANA link: https://www.iana.org/assignments/service-names-port-numbers/...
So when I scan a server and 666 happens to be open. Nmap will now report “doom” under the “Service” header? Most people will get a chuckle, but I suspect laymen and even Christian zealots will throw a fit. Like when a normal person gets an error on their screen and it prints “process closed: child killed by parent”. It will probably raise an eyebrow at the very least, lol.
As a devout Christian who enjoys games like Diablo and Doom, I wanted to offer a different perspective. All of my Christian developer friends (small pool but still large, at around 15 people), including myself, have no issues with tech terms like daemons, master/slave, or killing processes (esp. child processes). Many of us understand the context and humor in technical jargon. In my experience, it's often non-technical people rather than Christians who find these references odd. But then again, what non-technical people run nmap?
Just my .02c :^)
Edit: casing
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#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
For young'uns who weren't enjoying The Register's constant string of snarky headlines at the time... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCO%E2%80%93Linux_disputes
If you're interested in getting WAY more detail on all of the aspects of that lawsuit, there was a truly amaazing and groundbreaking legal blog at the time called "Groklaw," run by a paralegal who was really great at breaking down every tiny move in the trial and contextualizing it to the larger battle. Was probably the start of my interest in following legal proceedings. She was so good at it that at one point SCO t…
Oh, wow! I'd totally forgotten about GrokLaw. It was indeed a great (and regular) read back in the day.
Re: Port 666 is officially registered to Doom
#47Shouldn't that be pruned at this point...
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#48I wonder how many protocols/servers that are "officially registered" there are by now completely out of use (as in, truly not actively used by anyone on the planet). And how many of the listed email addresses still work.
Most of the registered ports are for long forgotten services. This is compounded by the fact that many such services used multiple ports.
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#50Based