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In fact you are limited to 2^32 (=65536^2) connections between two hosts, as you can vary both ports. But that is only theory. In practice you will run out of s
by dfox 16y ago
In fact you are limited to 2^32 (=65536^2) connections between two hosts, as you can vary both ports. But that is only theory. In practice you will run out of some other system resource (kernel memory, file descriptors, slots in connection table...) before reaching this limit.
- koenigdavidmj 16y agoYes, I meant connections to one particular service. In that case both IP fields and the server port are fixed, so the only varying parameter is the client port number.
- unwind 16y agoAnd that was, I feel kind of redundant in pointing out, exactly what I meant too.