What could be on udp:48152

[Mike Silbersack]

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Dmitry S. Makovey wrote:

> dimon at gateway ~ > sockstat | grep 49152
> bind     named      270   4  udp4   *:49152               *:*
>
> Now', is there any reason for bind to use this port?
> Googling for that subject didn't bring any results other than usualy this port
> is first available for dynamic ports. Which doesn't make sence to me.
>
> System:
> FreeBSD 5.1
>
> - --
> Dmitry Makovey

Bind uses a dynamically bound port for outbound DNS queries.  5.1 uses a
different range of ports (49152-65535) for dynamic ports than 4.x did
(1024-5000).  If you search for bind and port 1024, you'll find hundreds
of people asking the same question. :)

Mike "Silby" Silbersack