About telnet

[pranav2794]

When telneting which has default port of 23 as usually said that telnet uses port 23 ?

Which computer's port 23 one is talking about, about the target host, source host or both ?

[Goatboy]

Think about it:

If you are trying to connect to the target, would it make any sense to use the source's port?

[pranav2794]

hmm....sorry but i didn't get it. u mean both the ports will be 23.
when my computer is establishing a session with the target it has to use have one source port to start the connection with and one destination port, these both are contained in the header of the packet.
as the packet is having the source port so there is surely some port that my computer uses in telnetting this.
sorry if m wrong

[Goatboy]

Programs use a random port, usually above 1024, when connecting to a remote computer. Your browser does this, as well as FTP, SSH, and Telnet.