On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 11:32 AM, krishna e bera keb@cyblings.on.ca wrote:
the "destination". The process on the local computer will use a random numbered "source" port (from 1 to 65535) on leaving the local computer.
No, it may source from any unused port, assigned hopefully at random, or by successful self selection, hopefully from 49152-65535, and usually not from 0-1023 without priviledge. See ip(4). Your OS may differ.