Ports (was Re: use-revolution digest, Vol 1 #398 - 16 msgs)

[Jeanne A. E. DeVoto]

At 5:10 PM -0700 5/13/2002, DropBox ForSpam wrote:
>One last question on this topic,  are there generally
>accepted ranges for different purposes?  Can I open
>any port I want to (via rev) to do anything I want
>(chat, ftp...)?  Are there ranges I shouldn't touch so
>I don't confuse things on my computer?

Check out <http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers> for more than you
ever wanted to know on this subject. ;-) (Precis: certain ranges are
reserved and you should avoid those.)

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