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k0k0 on Oct 8, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Testing if a port can be reached, using built-in t...

And? That's primarily what DNS is for: mapping strings to numbers.

gwright on Oct 9, 2023 [–]

I was just trying to clarify some muddled discussion about different layers of the networking stack. The original comment about port names instead of port numbers didn't seem to be made with an understanding of the different layers.

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