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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.caldera.com!enews.sgi.com!nntprelay.mathworks.com!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!208.192.192.2!stalker.oem.net!brian From: brian@apocalypse.saturn.net (Brian Mitchell) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Listening at a socket Date: 21 Jun 1997 05:43:20 GMT Organization: OEM Networks, Inc. Lines: 9 Message-ID: <slrn5qmqdq.e6.brian@apocalypse.saturn.net> References: <5oblqi$4re@ui-gate.utell.co.uk> <5oboso$m32$1@scanner.worldgate.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: apocalypse.saturn.net X-Newsreader: slrn (0.9.3.2 UNIX) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:43257 In article <5oboso$m32$1@scanner.worldgate.com>, Marc Slemko wrote: >The origin port. One view of a socket is a combination of four bits >of information; the local port, the remote port, the local IP, and >the remote IP. The combination of those uniquely identifies >the connection. Close. A socket is 5 bits of information, the protocol is also included.