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...estrictions I need to run my experiments from a local port < 1024 (not negotiable). I thought that this was no problem... but ssh |bind()| fails with "address in use" (yes, I checked netstat, no one is there) for any port < 1023. Then I checked $ netstat # and $ netsh int ipv4 show excludedportrange protocol=tcp # and the same for IPv6, noone is using ports. This *feels* like the "restricted port range" (1-1023) on UNIX/Linux, where only "root" can do a |bind()| with a local port < 1023, but this is Windows, and even as "Administrator" this still fails. https...