> 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