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From: "badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: For the adults - Why can't Arlen apologize when he is proven wrong? (was: For the adults - let's see if the Apple trolls apologize if they're wrong)
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2025 16:51:04 -0000 (UTC)
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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.