adept_manager opens UDP port 1024/1026/1028 - why non-local?

[Quentin Anciaux]

Hi,

On Friday 01 June 2007 15:54:16 Mike Teehan wrote:
> On Friday 01 June 2007 08:08:46 am Sarah Hobbs wrote:
> > Franz Apeltauer wrote:
> > > when adept_manager 2.1.2ubuntu26 is active, "netstat -tulpen" shows,
> > > that it opens port 1024, 1026 or 1028 (changes with every startup of
> > > adept_manager).
>
> yeah, netstat is definitely telling me that adept_manager is binding to
> 0.0.0.0:15??/udp.  this seems like very strange behavior for a package
> manager.  i could understand if it was using localhost (127.0.0.1), but if
> i'm not mistaken, 0.0.0.0 represents all the network interfaces on my
> computer.
>
> slightly spooky, if you ask me.  can anyone reassure me that its a feature,
> and not a bug?  or a backdoor? ;-)
>
> --- eMpTy

For information, I've the 2.1.2ubuntu26.1 package installed and I do not see 
any listening UDP socket link to adept.

Regards,
Quentin Anciaux