[BC] Lost in IT land ( HELP !! )

[RichardBJohnson at comcast.net]

Every Unix/Linux system has a file, /etc/services, which contains the "well-known" ports. However, if your system is not on the public network (the Internet), you can use any port number above 1024. Ports are the second part of an address. A service on a  specific IP address, like 192.9.200.1, may listen for connections on ports from 1 (zero is reserved) to 65535. This allows an IP address to have multiple services like mail, telnet, etc., all the "services" listed in /etc/services.

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Richard B. Johnson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Leon D. Zetekoff" <wa4zlw at arrl.net>

On Jun 16, 2012, at 2:59 PM, donroden at hiwaay.net wrote:

> 
>>> They don't want control on ports <1024
>>> 
>>> Leon
> 
> Wonder why ??
> 
A lot of predefined ports already down there easier to hide up above 

Leon