Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Socket

• Socket is a software component and points to a particular service running on a particular node.
• Structure of a socket
• IP Address + Port Address
• Each service has a unique Port address
• Max. Port Addresses can be 65,536
• Port address 1-1023 is reserved for specific Services like
• WWW                       -                             80
• FTP                             -                             21
• SMTP                       -                             25
• Port Addresses are reserved for standardization purpose.


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