Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 14:04:40 -0500 (CDT) From: Mohit Aron <aron@cs.rice.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: port number space Message-ID: <199906271904.OAA13752@cs.rice.edu>
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Hi, when a TCP client connects to a server, often the socket code is so written such that the OS chooses the client port number (ephemeral port). By default, FreeBSD uses the port number space ranging from 1024 to 5000. Since the port numbers are 16 bits, presumably, it can use a much larger range - say from 1024 to 65535. can someone tell me why FreeBSD doesn't do this. - Mohit Aron aron@cs.rice.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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