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    Private Network/Proxy Server routing question

    Great response, that makes sense now. So technically are the number of outgoing connections is limited by the number of ephemeral or dynamic/private ip ports? I've found this range to be 49152 through 65535, which means 16383 connections. That is obviously much more than most private networks...
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    Cryptographic Hashes and salt values

    I understand that encrypted passwords run through an algorithm to produce a hash, that is stored in the password database. Also, with salting, a salt value is added to the original password, which produces a hash and is stored in the database along with the random salt value. This method is...
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    Private Network/Proxy Server routing question

    I have been wondering something about packet routing for a while now. I believe the question can apply to both a LAN and a Proxy server, but clarification is needed. My question is how does a router know which computer to route incoming packets to since the public ip address (destination ip...