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SubjectRe: client socket and source port selection
>HI,
>
>For the project i'm doing, i must know how the Linux kernel allocate
>sockets source port (from the dynamic range of the (2**16)-1 ports). I
>looked on the Web but it's really hard to find the algoritm of the
>source port allocation...
>
>Someone maybe know how it's work or if there is a paper on the web that
>explain this source port selection ?

I think it starts at 1024 when it boots, and increments whenever a socket is
created.


Jan Engelhardt
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