On Wed, 2014-10-08 at 06:42 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > The analogy of the telephone number and extension is a good one. The > only thing I would add is that the extension (port/service) number is > generally fixed, standardized. > > A list is kept by the IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) and > can be seen here.... > > http://www.iana.org/assignments/service-names-port-numbers/service-names-port-numbers.xhtml You can also see the default ports on your machine by looking at /etc/services. Note that most of these are not normally active. poc -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org