What is a Ephemeral Port

What is a Ephemeral Port?

An ephemeral port, also called a transient port, or a temporary port, has the following characteristics:

• Usually is on the client side.
• Is set up when a client aplication wants to connect to a server.
• Is destroyed when the client application terminates.
• Its number is greater than 1023.
• Its number is chosen at random.