If two processes both use a shared local port to connect to the same remote port of the server server, what happens when the server tries to respond to one? Or is there a mechanism to prevent this?
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If two processes both use a shared local port to connect to the same remote port of the server server, what happens when the server tries to respond to one? Or is there a mechanism to prevent this?
I assume you’re asking about TCP here. When the two processes connect to a single remote port, they will be using different local ports. That is how the server distinguishes the connections. A connection has four parts that uniquely identify it: source port, source IP address, destination port, and destination IP address.