From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 6 14: 6:48 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from topaz.mdcc.cx (topaz.mdcc.cx [212.204.230.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41B1937B405 for ; Tue, 6 Nov 2001 14:06:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from k7.mavetju.org (topaz.mdcc.cx [212.204.230.141]) by topaz.mdcc.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF1C22B693; Tue, 6 Nov 2001 23:06:44 +0100 (CET) Received: by k7.mavetju.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 0C3A7292; Wed, 7 Nov 2001 09:06:36 +1100 (EST) Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 09:06:36 +1100 From: Edwin Groothuis To: P K Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: port no. 0 -1023 Message-ID: <20011107090636.Y35710@k7.mavetju.org> Mail-Followup-To: Edwin Groothuis , P K , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <006f01c16784$05628050$0100a8c0@cr1034264a> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <006f01c16784$05628050$0100a8c0@cr1034264a>; from cyu0635@home.com on Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 04:02:05AM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org edwin@mavetju.org | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: ------------------+ http://www.FatalDimensions.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message