What Are Ephemeral Ports Used For?
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Ephemeral ports are used for temporary, short-lived connections between two hosts. They are typically used in the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and User Datagram Protocol (UDP) to facilitate communication between two applications. They are typically used for dynamic port forwarding, allowing for connections to be established between two machines on a network without having to manually configure a specific port for each connection.