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ipv4 and TCP/UDP ports: Multiple instances of the same program, same port number

I am trying to learn about ipv4, TCP and UDP protocols. I have read that the purpose of a port number being assigned in a TCP or UDP datagram is to ensure that the sending/receiving machines forward ...
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What are network ports internally? [closed]

I know there will be multiple ports in the host/computing machine for each of the services that i hosts on the network. But i want to understand what are these ports internally? Below is my ...
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Can two different applications bind the same port on a host if they use different protocols?

my question is quite clear I think. If two applications use different transport layer protocols (e.g. TCP and UDP or something else) can they open the same port number? How does the OS do the ...
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How to force a process transmit over UDP instead of TCP?

I 'm running an ffserver process on a Linux machine, in order to achieve video streaming via ffmpeg. However, there is a delay on video streaming. On ffserver configuration file I define Port 8090. ...
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How to monitor TCP and UDP port changes

I am running software on a server that may be turning off some ports and need to find out what it is. I have the ports I need to check. I just need to find out what is turning them off. How can I ...
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What typically uses port 44380?

A company just asked me to open port 44380 in my firewall so that their software could work. This made me wonder... what is the customary use for port 44380?
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