it may be any port between 1 and 65534, but you should
- don't use a common service port, such as FPT, SMTP etc.
- don't use a port from 1024 to about 200 because browsers want to use them for their connections
- don't use a part that is known to b used by trojans and is therefor blocked by many firewalls and routers
Ports 80,1080 and 8080 are common HTTP server ports. Have a look at some port lists to see what's most useful for you, eg:.
http://www.iss.net/security_center/advice/Exploits/Ports/
- don't use a common service port, such as FPT, SMTP etc.
- don't use a port from 1024 to about 200 because browsers want to use them for their connections
- don't use a part that is known to b used by trojans and is therefor blocked by many firewalls and routers
Ports 80,1080 and 8080 are common HTTP server ports. Have a look at some port lists to see what's most useful for you, eg:.
http://www.iss.net/security_center/advice/Exploits/Ports/