Also seen on Debian. http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=95273 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > When I run dhclient it listens on the expected port 68. However, in > addition to that port it also listens on a high number random IPv4 port and > IPv6 port (even if I specify -4 as an option). > > Reading through the source code would make me think this is related to > OMAPI somehow? > > I tried this on Ubuntu Server 13.04 64-bit which came with dhclient version > 4.2.4. I also downloaded, compiled, and tried the latest version > isc-dhclient-4.2.5-P1. I get the same result. > > I believe this is a bug. Either it shouldn't be listening on these ports > or it should be documented what they are used for. > > Screenshots attached.[image: Inline image 1] > > [image: Inline image 2] > >