Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone Subject: Re: For the adults - Why can't Arlen apologize when he is proven wrong? Date: 17 Apr 2025 17:10:41 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 64 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net lQab7buZE4mLBWDpSl4G3g2sxRmKEM/MNBUm+Jk6v2Zu5Iasjn Cancel-Lock: sha1:ZYcL0TBEsQq8zkDa1LAXFlMrMJ8= sha256:zTqcSDMaZOSgloD44phuaxX0zyoL7jG7A7A8o0o9iX8= Mail-Copies-To: nobody X-Face: _.g>n!a$f3/H3jA]>9pN55*5<`}Tud57>1Y%b|b-Y~()~\t,LZ3e up1/bO{=-) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com misc.phone.mobile.iphone:194595 On 2025-04-17, Alan wrote: > On 2025-04-17 09:51, badgolferman wrote: >> Tyrone wrote: >> >>> On Apr 17, 2025 at 12:17:45 PM EDT, "badgolferman" >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Marion 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. Arlen and badgolferman just can't help but show the world just how ignorant they are - all while screaming that Apple users don't know anything. If either of them had an ounce of self awareness, they'd be too embarrassed to show their faces here again. 🤣 -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR