[snip a lot, including Cc:]
On Thu, 30 Aug 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> PS: Aren't the "well known ports" defined just to facilitate end-to-end
> rendezvous? Quite a leap to base any policy decisions on ports...
I think this may have been your point, but to put it another way:
Please note that the list of "well-known ports" is about 430 KB long
the last I looked, and they're used quite happily as ephemeral ports.
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