-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi,
> Given a service such as e-mail which uses a non-privileged port to > send mail out, are there are any specific mechanisms as to which > port is selected? This will no doubt be dependant on the O/S, but > is it really a random numbered port, the first non-privileged port > it knows is not in use, or does the O/S have any other mechanism > for selecting the port? Basically any port above 1024 is considered non-privileged. It depends on the OS and the algorithm how it selects the ports after that. - -- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP Fingerprint: 0C79 EEA9 41AC A8EB 28F3 E765 4E28 8AB9 2A04 6F90 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 7.0.4 iQA/AwUBPO0IME4oirkqBG+QEQJtfQCgzVyZ3MeuBlDU4hDvPQAoaCjrYagAnRPM jHpd5OMmD61qmFyHi04JKbB/ =4oyL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- N.B.: op (de inhoud van) deze e-mail is een DISCLAIMER met belangrijke VOORBEHOUDEN van toepassing: zie http://www.ben.nl/disclaimer This e-mail and its contents are subject to a DISCLAIMER with important RESERVATIONS: see http://www.ben.nl/disclaimer
