Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 16:18:26 -0800 From: Per Hojmark <per@via.net> To: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: sockets programming question Message-ID: <199610290018.QAA21190@mustang.via.net>
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I want to build a database server process that: - listens on a port - connects to incoming users - forks to create new state & connection info for database. - does some database lookups - returns info to user - closes connection. So, suppose I was listening on port 1234, when I get a connection from a remote machine, do I need to switch to a new port number? I notice that many programs use 'well known' port numbers, but after forking, seem to switch to a port > 1024. It appears that they use the 'well-known' port number just for the initial connection. -per
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