RE: 2.2.19 kernel and masquerading question

[Peter Mueller <pmueller@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

|> > >> The comment seems to imply that I could widen or
|> > >> move the range [PORT_MASQ_BEGIN, PORT_MASQ_END] as
|> > >> long as it starts above 32 k and ends below 64 k.

|> Make sure /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_port_range does not
|> collide with the masquerade range and hope that you don't break
|> some of your services that try to bind to specific ports in
|> your new masq range (passive ftp is most suspected).

this is pretty interesting.  what are the /proc or sysctl settings for masq
range, I thought it used local dynamic port range (!?!)