Listening on many ports on Linux

Hello,
I've implemented an Inetd type daemon in C++ language using Linux
native Socket APIs.It can listen on multiple ports and fork a process
which takes over connection just like Inetd.
I want to ask if i make this daemon to listen on fourty(40) thousand
ports.What are the Pros and Cons of this approach? Thanks.
Regards,
Owais.

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> Hello,
> I've implemented an Inetd type daemon in C++ language using Linux
> native Socket APIs.It can listen on multiple ports and fork a process
> which takes over connection just like Inetd.
> I want to ask if i make this daemon to listen on fourty(40) thousand
> ports.What are the Pros and Cons of this approach? Thanks.
> Regards,
> Owais.
>
>

I don't see the point of it to be honest. What exactly are you really
trying to achieve.

In article <(E-Mail Removed). com>, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>Hello,
>I've implemented an Inetd type daemon in C++ language using Linux
>native Socket APIs.It can listen on multiple ports and fork a process
>which takes over connection just like Inetd.
>I want to ask if i make this daemon to listen on fourty(40) thousand
>ports.

Are you serious?
What for?

>What are the Pros and Cons of this approach? Thanks.
>Regards,
>Owais.
>

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> In article <(E-Mail Removed). com>, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I've implemented an Inetd type daemon in C++ language using Linux
>> native Socket APIs.It can listen on multiple ports and fork a process
>> which takes over connection just like Inetd.
>> I want to ask if i make this daemon to listen on fourty(40) thousand
>> ports.

Did you look at xinetd?

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(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> Hello,
> I've implemented an Inetd type daemon in C++ language using Linux
> native Socket APIs.It can listen on multiple ports and fork a process
> which takes over connection just like Inetd.
> I want to ask if i make this daemon to listen on fourty(40) thousand
> ports.What are the Pros and Cons of this approach? Thanks.

What exactly are you trying to achieve? Depending on that, raw sockets
might be a valid approach.

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