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   From: barmar@alum.mit.edu   
      
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    sky  wrote:   
      
   > Hi,   
   >   
   > Can someone shed their insight as what benefit it serves to have an   
   > application listen to more than one port?   
   >   
   > I have a netflow application that recommends I use one port for each   
   > export-sending device.   
   >   
   > Any insight will be appreciated.   
      
   The only thing I can think of is that you can assign different tasks to   
   different ports, so the protocol doesn't need to include a step after   
   connection to identify which task should be performed.  The server can   
   figure it out from which socket the connection came in on.   
      
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