Someone was too lazy to google it: syslog-conn 601/tcp Reliable Syslog Service syslog-conn 601/udp Reliable Syslog Service Really? QOTD is block

Someone was too lazy to google it: syslog-conn 601/tcp Reliable Syslog Service syslog-conn 601/udp Reliable Syslog Service Really? QOTD is blocked? What big threat is there from quote of the day? Did some nerd just sit down and arbitrarily pick antiquated unix services and mark them as "unsafe?"