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Ephemeral port range on OS X
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-etc-sysctl
net.inet.ip.portrange.first=32768
net.inet.ip.portrange.hifirst=32768
net.inet.tcp.msl=1000
# for postgresql
kern.sysv.shmall=65536
kern.sysv.shmmax=16777216
# defaults
net.inet.ip.portrange.lowfirst=1023
net.inet.ip.portrange.lowlast=600
net.inet.ip.portrange.last=65535
net.inet.ip.portrange.hilast=65535
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README.md

Emphemeral port range on OS X

Explanation coming soon.

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reset_first_port.sh
sudo sysctl -w net.inet.ip.portrange.first=32768
sudo sysctl -w net.inet.ip.portrange.hifirst=32768
sudo sysctl -w net.inet.tcp.msl=1000
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