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Subject: Windows socket(...) returns SOCKET, not file handle
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sendto_kdc.c start_connection(...) calls socket(...).  

The returned SOCKET is treated as a file handle.

On Windows, the SOCKET is greater than FD_SETSIZE, so close is called.  
The SOCKET is also greater than the number of file handles, so close 
asserts.