What is the lowest numbered unprivileged TCP port? (Specify the number in digits only.)
The Answer Is:
Answer:
1024
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Explanation:
The lowest numbered unprivileged TCP port is 1024. A port number is a 16-bit unsigned integer, thus ranging from 0 to 65535. The port numbers in the range from 0 to 1023 are the well-known ports or system ports. They are used by system processes that provide widely used types of network services. On Unix-like operating systems, a process must execute with superuser privileges to be able to bind a network socket to an IP address using one of the well-known ports. Therefore, the lowest numbered port that can be used by a normal user without root access is 1024, which is the first unprivileged port123 References:
1: How to bind to port number less than 1024 with non root access?
2: lowest numbered unprivileged TCP port - Bing
3: List of TCP and UDP port numbers - Wikipedia
4: Privileged Ports - World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
5: What is the lowest TCP port number? – TeachersCollegesj
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