Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] out of port numbers

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From: Sake Blok <sake@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 17:52:40 +0200
On 2 sep 2011, at 17:35, M K wrote:

> But allowing port numbers to be reused on a single workstation is a potential security risk.  Right?

Every system reuses port numbers. But only after waiting "enough time" for the old connection to be removed from the connection table. Then there is the TIME_WAIT state in which the port can not be reused.

In a public setup, always using the same ports makes it easier for a hacker to hijack the session.. true.

Sake