rpcbind lingering on IP no longer specified on command line

[James Long]

> Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 10:31:33 -0500
> From: Vivek Khera <vivek at khera.org>
> Subject: Re: rpcbind lingering on IP no longer specified on command
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> To: stable at freebsd.org
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> On Jan 5, 2006, at 6:06 AM, Gavin Atkinson wrote:
> 
> >> Can anyone explain why rpcbind will still bind to all tcp interfaces?
> >
> > Although I believe this is a bug, it is actually working as  
> > documented:
> >
> > from rpcbind(8):
> >      -h bindip
> >              Specify specific IP addresses to bind to for UDP  
> > requests.
> 
> Yeah, I noticed that little tiny "UDP requests" note in the -h docs  
> too.  There's no reason to bind to all tcp addresses, and it is  
> causing me heartburn for getting the server certified...

Good grief, why not just firewall off the undesired UDP ports and call
it good?