QOTD

The 'Quote Of The Day' ('QOTD') service is an Internet protocol defined in RFC 865. It is intended for testing and measurement purposes.
A host may connect to a server that supports the QOTD protocol, on either TCP or UDP port 17. The server then returns a short arbitrary message. This was traditionally a random selection from a list of notable quotes.
The QOTD service is rarely enabled, and is in any case often firewalled to avoid 'pingpong' attacks (www.securityspace.com).
Current testing and measurement of IP networks is more commonly done with ping and traceroute.

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QOTD servers

Additional Info

Quiz of the day

QOTD servers

★ alpha.mike-r.com on port 17 [telnet://alpha.mike-r.com:17] (tcp) - a QOTD server. There is a web interface to the QOTD server at [1]

★ quotes4all.net (tcp, udp) - Serves the quotes of the site.

★ ota.iambic.com (tcp) - Agendus, a PIM for the Palm OS, has a 'Today' screen that includes a 'Quote Of The Day'.

Additional Info

★ RFC 865
You can test/learn about the server by opening a command prompt and typing telnet ota.iambic.com 17 or telnet alpha.mike-r.com 17 A random quote will appear and the connection will close.
Interesting ideas include setting-up your own company QOTD server and providing your users with some useful information. Or you can add a connection to a QOTD server to the end of your login script to start your day with a refreshing insight.

Quiz of the day

QOTD can also stand for quiz of the day. Quiz of the day is normally a game played on online forums. Someone asks a question and all the other members try to figure out the answer