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address, and the remote port. The well-known ports are defined by convention overseen by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). In many operating systems, special privileges are required for applications to bind to these ports because these are often deemed critical to the operation of IP networks. Conversely, the client end of a connection typically uses a high port number allocated for short-term use, therefore called an ephemeral port.

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