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Subject: Re: performance issues
From: LaMont Jones (lamontsecurity.hp.com)
Date: Wed Jun 07 2000 - 12:59:57 CDT


> I see no good reason to change the lowest port from 1024, which is
> the lowest unprivileged port number on UNIX.

The only reason I've ever heard that had a hope of making any sense is
that lots and lots of services run on those lower-numbered unprivileged
ports, and it tends to make life more, umm, interesting. Accordingly,
most people moving things tend to move the lower port to up above the
common services...

lamont