Larry Jones wrote:
>
> Christensen Torben Bach writes:
> >
> > I did consider changing the standard IBM setup, but gave it up (David
> > Thornley's reply explains excactly why - thank you, David).
> > I'm no AIX expert and I want to sleep at night... so I went for a free port.
>
> Rumor has it that there's a patch available from IBM to fix their
> mistake.
>
> > Personally I think that when a program *insists* on using a certain port it
> > is as annoying as when a program insists on installing in a certain
> > directory on your C:-drive!
>
> I would agree with you except that there is no official registration
> authority for directories on the C: drive, whereas there *is* an
> official registration authority for TCP/IP port numbers. IBM has no
> business using a port number in the registered range without registering
> it, particularly not one that's already registered to someone else.
>
> That said, I do support Derek's change to allow specifying the port
> number in $CVSROOT, but I strongly encourage you to let IBM know you're
> not happy with the situation. They need to understand that such
> antisocial behavior is unacceptable.
>
Have a look at http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/port-numbers (long file)
(you get there from the www.iana.org homepage)
Snippet:
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# Clay Maeckal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
opequus-server 2400/tcp OpEquus Server
opequus-server 2400/udp OpEquus Server
# Gavin Hutchinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
cvspserver 2401/tcp cvspserver
cvspserver 2401/udp cvspserver
# Jim Kingdon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
taskmaster2000 2402/tcp TaskMaster 2000 Server
taskmaster2000 2402/udp TaskMaster 2000 Server
taskmaster2000 2403/tcp TaskMaster 2000 Web
taskmaster2000 2403/udp TaskMaster 2000 Web
# Ed Odjaghian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
iec870-5-104 2404/tcp IEC870-5-104
iec870-5-104 2404/udp IEC870-5-104
# Walter Eichelburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
trc-netpoll 2405/tcp TRC Netpoll
trc-netpoll 2405/udp TRC Netpoll
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So if ou simply use somethin' else but 2401 you may be bound for the next collision...
Harald
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