Subj : Re: First attempt
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Tue Mar 18 2014 18:48:14

Hi,

On 2014-03-18 16:23:10, Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Bj”rn Felten:
  about: "First attempt":

 BF>> [15:52:11] cl-938.ede-01.nl.sixxs.net [[2001:7b8:2ff:3a9::2]:3579] is
 BF>> connected [15:52:11] Actual connections 1

 MvdV> I am confused. That is my IP number, but what is that port number 3579
 MvdV> doing there.

It's probably the originating port number. TCP/IPv(4|6) connections connect from a (mostly) random port on the originating host to a defined port (for the service you want to reach) on the destination host.

Bye, Wilfred.


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 * Origin: Native IPv6 connectable node (2:280/464)

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