Odds and Ends: Mac OS X 10.4.7 Server overrides port closure; Knowledge Base updates

Mac OS X 10.4.7 Server overrides port closure A posting at rentzsch.com notes that Mac OS X 10.4.7 Server overrides administrator attempts to close UDP port 626 -- a port used by Apple to check for copies of Mac OS X Server on the same network with the same serial number (a piracy prevention measure).

Jonathan Rentzch reports:

"OSX'S 10.4's 'Server Admin' lists 'Serial Number Support' on UDP port 626 under its firewall pane, with an option to turn it off. You can, in fact, block that port with the UI. And it will work for a little while.

"However, serialnumberd will eventually notice this and re-enable UDP port 626 itself. This results in a disparity where Server Admin's UI says you have port 626 disabled, but it's clearly active in the 'Active Rules' pane.

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