Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 13 Sep 1997 22:49:42 -0400 | From | "David S. Miller" <> | Subject | Re: ipv4 bind()ing bug |
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From: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox) Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 15:45:26 +0100 (BST)
> zero. Normal un*x behavior is to assign a "random" port number > between IPPORT_RESERVED (1024) and IPPORT_USERRESERVED (5000). > Linux, however, assigns a port number between 1024 and 32767. > This can be a
Solaris does something similar as do SGI nowdays - its a big win to do so, and 4000 user ports isnt enough.
I think it's time somebody added the sysctls for these values.
Later, David "Sparc" Miller davem@caip.rutgers.edu
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