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services definition source ports

Maybe a stupid question but;

Why are almost all source ports in service definitions 1:65535?
In ASL version 6 source ports were mainly 1024:65535!
e.g. http:
v6
HTTP  TCP   1024:65535 > 80 

v7
HTTP TCP 1:65535 > 80

Also some services in v6 were more granulary defind e.g. ntp
v6
NTP      UDP   123  > 123 
NTP-Async   UDP   1024:65535 > 123  

v7
NTP TCP/UDP 1:65535 > 123

So, is it OK that unnecessary ports for some services are allowed to pass?

Thanks


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