Date: Tue, 7 Oct 1997 11:11:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net> To: Matt Behrens <matt@zigg.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Well-known ports Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.971007111049.2837B-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971007094937.2239A-100000@megaweapon.zigg.com>
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A well known port is a port agreed upon for a specific purpose - ie port 25 for SMTP (see /etc/services) A low port, under 1024 is assumed by inetd to initiate a root level access program On Tue, 7 Oct 1997, Matt Behrens wrote: > What precisely are the well-known ports (i.e. only accessible by root) on > FreeBSD? sysctl gives 600-1023 as "loports" or some such, what does this > mean? > > Matt Behrens | Help bring a free inter-user communication > http://www.zigg.com | system to the Internet. Join the NetPager > matt@zigg.com | Project! http://www.zigg.com/netpager/ > >
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