
Internet Transport Protocols 241
The-description-of-various-field -of-a-UDP-packet-header-is-as-follows:
Source Port Number: -It-is-a-16-bit-long-fiel -that-define -the-process-running-on-the-source-host.-
If the UDP packet is being sent from the client, that is, if the source host is client, then the source
port number will be chosen randomly by the UDP software running on the client. However, if the
UDP packet is sent by the server, the source port number will be a well-known port used with UDP.
Some of the well-known ports used with UDP are listed in Table 12.1.
Table 12.1 Some Well-known Ports Used with UDP
Port Protocol Description