Are you sure your server is replying with a correct destination port? The server needs to send a packet back to the same port which the client used.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm trying to write a mainframe (MVS) timserver (udp-37 only). I test it > with a Debian 2.0 cmd "netdate udp <mvs.ip.address>", which sends a 1-byte > 0x0A message. My server sends back a 32-bit unsigned number (# of seconds > since 1900-01-01, per RFC868), but the Debian netdate command times out. > > 1. Why doesn't the netdate command send an empty datagram, per RFC868? > 2. What exactly is netdate expecting back from udp port-37? > 3. Why does RFC868 mention negative 32-bit values: -1,297,728,000 "17 Nov > 1858 GMT"? > > I would appreciate any help (or where I might find the netdate source). > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
