EPHEMERAL PORT
\ɪfˈɛməɹə͡l pˈɔːt], \ɪfˈɛməɹəl pˈɔːt], \ɪ_f_ˈɛ_m_ə_ɹ_əl p_ˈɔː_t]\
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A TCP or UDP port number that isautomatically allocated from a predefined range by the TCP/IPstack software, typically to provide the port for the clientend of a client-server communication.BSD used ports 1024 through 4999 as ephemeral ports, thoughit is often desirable to increase this allocation. (http://ncftpd.com/ncftpd/doc/misc/ephemeral_ports.html).
By Denis Howe
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