Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone
Subject: Re: For the adults - Why can't Arlen apologize when he is proven
 wrong?
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2025 10:04:43 -0700
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
Lines: 52
Message-ID: <vtrcbb$3doi$1@dont-email.me>
References: <vtr3qa$1gq7$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com>
 <vtr9j9$5lko$1@solani.org> <nJacnT8xVOtPsJz1nZ2dnZfqnPudnZ2d@supernews.com>
 <xn0p4np0h59te6000@reader443.eternal-september.org>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Injection-Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2025 19:04:44 +0200 (CEST)
Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="7c5354d8e131467b7aaa3bc68a03803e";
	logging-data="112402"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org";	posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18N2Tu6WRSxBSkNILTCVVMw5IIwCSZSVUc="
User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird
Cancel-Lock: sha1:1B7k3XBi2j2xaorkheVHH+3xnxA=
Content-Language: en-CA
In-Reply-To: <xn0p4np0h59te6000@reader443.eternal-september.org>
Bytes: 3184

On 2025-04-17 09:51, badgolferman wrote:
> Tyrone wrote:
> 
>> On Apr 17, 2025 at 12:17:45 PM EDT, "badgolferman"
>> <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Marion <marion@facts.com> wrote:
>>>> Currently there is a disagreement between me and the Apple
>>>> trolls.
>>>> Boiling it down to the essentials, the Apple trolls insist that
>>>> iOS is  magical in that it can bind to privileged ports (somehow
>>>> magically so).
>>>> While that would be nice, my view is more pragmatic in that my
>>>> understanding of iOS is that an SMB server can not bind to those
>>>> ports.
>>>> The beauty of this discussion, for the purpose of determining
>>>> whether the  Apple trolls have the capacity to admit when they're
>>>> wrong and apologize...
>>>> Is that it's a binary issue.
>>>> a. Either the Apple trolls are correct
>>>> b. Or, the Apple trolls are wrong
>>>>
>>>> Time will tell, but what do you predict the Apple trolls will do
>>>> if  they're found to be either right or wrong on this binary
>>>> question of fact?
>>>> Will they apologize?
>>>> Or not?
>>>>
>>>
>>> I’m not sure if this is helpful or harmful….
>>>
>>> https://support.apple.com/en-us/103229
>>
>> While that is interesting, it does not even matter at this point.
>> Arlen is already proven wrong, by 3 sources.  Myself, Jolly Roger and
>> the app in question. The SMB Server on iOS DOES use port 445.
>>
>> But as usual, he can't accept it and will never apologize for being
>> such a dipshit.
> 
> 
> I'm not discounting your earlier screenshot, but how do you know the
> program isn't intercepting incoming traffic at Port 445 and forwarding
> it to another port?  Without a network scanner that would be hard to
> tell.

Because, you simpleton:

If a program can "intercept" traffic on a port, then it must be 
LISTENING on that port in the first place.

Hence there would be no NEED to forward the traffic to another port.