Re: [squid-users] Port 1024

because its not in the unassigned range.
1025+ are allowed because data is transfered on those
ports randomly. 1024- are reserved for services.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray Hillman" <R.K.Hillman@bton.ac.uk>
To: <squid-users@squid-cache.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 4:31 PM
Subject: [squid-users] Port 1024

> Hi,
>
> One of our users is trying to contact a webserver
> which runs on port 1024.
>
> By default, 1024 is not a 'safe port' in squid.
> I just wondered why.
>
> Regards
>
> Ray
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Received on Sun Feb 10 2002 - 10:01:07 MST