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On Wed, 29 August 2001, "Simon Coulter" wrote: > That's why the SERVICES file exists under TCP/IP. It lists all the ports that > are used by some TCP/IP application. That doesn't mean the port is currently > in use (that's what NETSTAT is for) but it does tell you which ports you > shouldn't use. See the WRKSRVTBL command. You should add an entry for your > application and retrieve that entry when your application starts to tell it > what port to use. It is also a good idea to accept an optional parameter that > allows the port to be overridden for testing purposes. This also helps keep different applications from stepping on each other... especially ones you didn't write. Tom Liotta -- Tom Liotta The PowerTech Group, Inc. 19426 68th Avenue South Kent, WA 98032 Phone 253-872-7788 Fax 253-872-7904 http://www.400Security.com ___________________________________________________ The ALL NEW CS2000 from CompuServe Better! Faster! More Powerful! 250 FREE hours! Sign-on Now! http://www.compuserve.com/trycsrv/cs2000/webmail/
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