I’ve read about WebSockets and I wonder why browser couldn’t simply open trivial TCP connection and communicate with server like any other desktop application. And why this communication is possible via websockets? 4 Answers 4
Assuming infinite performance from hardware, can a Linux box support >65536 open TCP connections? I understand that the number of ephemeral ports (<65536) limits the number of connections from one local IP to one port on one remote IP. The tuple (local ip, local port, remote ip, remote port) is what uniquely defines a TCP … Read more
What is the highest port number one can use? 8 Answers 8
