Negating a test

[C. Bensend]

> If you're looking to stop wares-guys this approach is doomed to fail,
> since they don't have to run the ftp-server on the standard ftp port
> (and hardly ever do, since it'd be too easy to find them).

The behavior he's asking about is also useful as a "sanity check," to
make sure a service isn't re-enabled by accident, be it by administrative
mistake or system upgrades/patches.

Solaris is notorious for re-enabling services after patches are installed,
for example.

Benny


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