hello guys,

i have a basic and maybe stupid question. how do the computer know which process is listening to which port.

for example i have several web browsers installed on my machine.

and if i run firefox and ie at the same time, can my html request sent from firefox be captured by ie?

i'm thinking of implementing a p2p forum system to deal with censorship. but if i choose to use some specific port, the system can be easily banned. but if i can use a port like 80, things could be better. after all, the government cannot ban all web browsing.

thank you.