On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 11:24, Juliusz Chroboczek <[email protected]> wrote:
> As some of you may know, I'm going to have to change the IANA-allocated > port for Babel, since the current assignment (6697) conflicts with > IRC/SSL, and it turns out that the RFC-Editor prefers to keep port > numbers separate. (Yes, that means issuing a new RFC. Sigh.) From how I understand things, it will not be a new RFC, but "merely" an errata. I am not sure, though. > I'd really like not to have to go through that again, so I'd like your > help with making sure that the new port I choose is really not being > used for anything important. I am not aware of any use and googling [1],[2] does not turn up anything, either. > (before you ask: 666 is already taken) Doooooooom! Also, it's a system, not a user, port which means it's most likely useless to you and needs more rationale as IANA does not hand them out easily, these days. Richard [1] http://ports.my-addr.com/tcp_port-udp_port-application-and-description.php?port=6696 [2] http://isc.sans.edu/port.html?port=6696 _______________________________________________ Babel-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/babel-users
