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Re: My server is using random ports(?)



On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 11:53:48AM +0100, Evert Meulie wrote:
> Hi all!
> 
> Here's a part of my log:
> 
> Jan 10 07:50:09.565 +0100 [WARN] Connection to host at
> 208.42.19.154:10562 (hermes?) (fd 12) timed out: 492.67 seconds without
> activity


> Shouldn't my server try to connect to port 48099 instead? Why does it
> behave like this...?

Ah.  The connections labeled with unusual ports are connections that
your server received _from_ those ports.  Mixminion only uses 48099
for incoming connections. It's just like how your web server listens
on port 80, but your web browser doesn't create streams _from_ port 80.


hth,
-- 
Nick Mathewson

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