net.ipv4.ip_local_port_rangeでエフェメラルポートを指定するが
45000番あたりを使うアプリがあったりしてデフォルトの値からどっちに寄せようか迷ったりしていた。(RHEL4)

デフォルトから

net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 32768    61000

手前に寄せるか

net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 32768    45000

後ろに寄せるか

net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 45000    65000

久しぶりに環境を作っていたらRHEL5.6以降 net.ipv4.ip_local_reserved_ports というパラメータが入ったようなので調べてみたところ

617	ip_local_reserved_ports - list of comma separated ranges
618		Specify the ports which are reserved for known third-party
619		applications. These ports will not be used by automatic port
620		assignments (e.g. when calling connect() or bind() with port
621		number 0). Explicit port allocation behavior is unchanged.
622
623		The format used for both input and output is a comma separated
624		list of ranges (e.g. "1,2-4,10-10" for ports 1, 2, 3, 4 and
625		10). Writing to the file will clear all previously reserved
626		ports and update the current list with the one given in the
627		input.
628
629		Note that ip_local_port_range and ip_local_reserved_ports
630		settings are independent and both are considered by the kernel
631		when determining which ports are available for automatic port
632		assignments.
633
634		You can reserve ports which are not in the current
635		ip_local_port_range, e.g.:
636
637		$ cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_port_range
638		32000	61000
639		$ cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_reserved_ports
640		8080,9148
641
642		although this is redundant. However such a setting is useful
643		if later the port range is changed to a value that will
644		include the reserved ports.
645
646		Default: Empty

net.ipv4.ip_local_port_rangeの範囲から特定のportを予約済にしてエフェメラルポート設定をすることが可能。

net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 32768    61000
net.ipv4.ip_local_reserved_ports = 45000-45999,47000-47999