Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 27 Nov 2004 20:39:29 +0100 (MET) | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | Subject | Re: client socket and source port selection |
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>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.
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