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authorben <ben@FreeBSD.org>2001-03-29 01:00:42 +0000
committerben <ben@FreeBSD.org>2001-03-29 01:00:42 +0000
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Correct the description of the "low" (< 1024) port range.
PR: 25500 Submitted by: Barry Irwin <bvi@devco.net>
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@@ -165,10 +165,14 @@ use a low range of ports, which are normally restricted to
privileged processes on
.Ux
systems. The range is normally from
-.Dv IPPORT_RESERVED
+.Dv IPPORT_RESERVED - 1
down to
-.Li 1
-in descending order. This range is not sysctl configurable.
+.Li IPPORT_RESERVEDSTART
+in descending order.
+This is adjustable through the sysctl setting:
+.Sy net.inet.ip.portrange.lowfirst
+and
+.Sy net.inet.ip.portrange.lowlast .
.El
.Ss "Multicast Options"
.Pp
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