I complained once before that I didn't like the existence of 8096 but then plenty responded that its an optional thing. I just noticed in another thread that cloud-sysvmadm requires 8096. This is exactly why 8096 should not exist. If we create an unauthenticated backdoor, its just too tempting to use it. So now as part of our official upgrade procedures we tell people to turn on 8096 on a production cloud to reboot the system VMs. I don't think that's acceptable.
Darren
