An Internet server is running both FTP and HTTP services. How does the server know which of these applications should handle an incoming segment?

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An Internet server is running both FTP and HTTP services. How does the server know which of these applications should handle an incoming segment?

  • The packet header identifies it as an HTTP or FTP packet.
  • The data in the segment is specially formatted for either HTTP or FTP.
  • The segment destination port number identifies the application that should handle it.
  • The source port number is associated with one of these well known server applications.

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