Why only even number source ports are assigned as ephemeral TCP source port?
Issue
- RHEL host is not assigning random source ports for the new connection.
- Source port randomization doesn't work.
- RHEL 7.3 system is assigning even source ports for the connect call.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 and above
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