"Oltrogge, Chris" wrote:
>
> I've read several places that the ephemeral port numbers range from
> 1024-5000. But my observation with Linux is that the ephemeral port
> range goes from 1024-32767. Is there a way to reduce this range back to
> 1024-5000?
In recent kernels you can by writing to /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_range,
but recent kernels DO use the 1024-5000 range. It is in 2.0.xx that the
range is larger.
BTW, I find useful to move the ephemeral ports elsewhere, writing packet
filtering rules gets much easier and safer.
Julio
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in
the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
