Message ID | 20200831063913.664-1-janneke@gnu.org |
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Series | Secret services for the Childhurd | expand |
"Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen" <janneke@gnu.org> skribis: > Also, I think 5900 is a bad idea, qemu opens a server there. Oops, my bad! > We could use ports 2222 (forwarded to 12222), as SSH only starts later > -- but hmm. As this is all running as root anyway, I opted for 1004 > (MI5). Did you mean MI6? But then, why 1004? Just because we can’t use 007? Curious! Ludo’.
Ludovic Courtès writes: > "Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen" <janneke@gnu.org> skribis: > >> Also, I think 5900 is a bad idea, qemu opens a server there. > > Oops, my bad! > >> We could use ports 2222 (forwarded to 12222), as SSH only starts later >> -- but hmm. As this is all running as root anyway, I opted for 1004 >> (MI5). > > Did you mean MI6? Hmm, (checks the interwebs) yeah, Mi6. Then the joke is really too far-fetched, because > But then, why 1004? I was thinking MI5 ~> MIV => (roman numerals) 1004. But that doesn't really work with "6" :-( > Just because we can’t use 007? Yeah, that too. Also, how to pick an arbitrary number? Anyway, it's' 1004 now, feel free to suggest something else :-) Janneke
Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org> skribis: > Ludovic Courtès writes: > >> "Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen" <janneke@gnu.org> skribis: >> >>> Also, I think 5900 is a bad idea, qemu opens a server there. >> >> Oops, my bad! >> >>> We could use ports 2222 (forwarded to 12222), as SSH only starts later >>> -- but hmm. As this is all running as root anyway, I opted for 1004 >>> (MI5). >> >> Did you mean MI6? > > Hmm, (checks the interwebs) yeah, Mi6. Then the joke is really > too far-fetched, because > >> But then, why 1004? > > I was thinking MI5 ~> MIV => (roman numerals) 1004. But that doesn't > really work with "6" :-( Oooh, brilliant! >> Just because we can’t use 007? > > Yeah, that too. Also, how to pick an arbitrary number? Anyway, it's' > 1004 now, feel free to suggest something else :-) 1004 is perfect, we have a good story to back it up! (And it’s not in /etc/services, which makes it even better.) Ludo’.