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Date:      Wed, 7 Nov 2001 09:06:36 +1100
From:      Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org>
To:        P K <cyu0635@home.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: port no. 0 -1023
Message-ID:  <20011107090636.Y35710@k7.mavetju.org>
In-Reply-To: <006f01c16784$05628050$0100a8c0@cr1034264a>; from cyu0635@home.com on Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 04:02:05AM -0800
References:  <006f01c16784$05628050$0100a8c0@cr1034264a>

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On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 04:02:05AM -0800, P K wrote:
> I read a book about port no. 0 - 1023
> In fact. what is the number 0. Reserve for what?

It's reserved for "pick a random port" during initialisation of
the socket.

Edwin
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