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Re:Ask HN: How to stop an AWS bot sending 2B requests/month by kijin on Friday October 17, 2025 @07:40PM (#45623415)
Each TCP connection requires a unique combination of (server port, client port). Your server port is fixed: 80 or 443. They need to use a new ephemeral port for each connection.

You will have 7000 sockets (file descriptors), but that's much more manageable than 7000 ports.

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