Teresa,

According to the IANA document on TCP port numbers [1], 0-1023 are well 
known port numbers and should not be used without registration.  The 
document actually says that 1024-49151 need to be registered too. So it 
might be prudent to pick something above that.

There is a mozilla document[2] that describes their port blocking.  
There is a way to override it if desired by editing the prefs file. 
Turns out 101-104 are all on the blocked list.

Tom

[1] http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers
[2] http://www.mozilla.org/projects/netlib/PortBanning.html

Teresa Chinn wrote:
> Is there a list of reserved port numbers that shouldn't be used for
> the repositories?   When I tried using 101-104, the following message
> was displayed in my browser:
>
>
> This address is restricted
>
> This address uses a network port which is normally used for purposes 
> other than Web browsing. Firefox has canceled the request for your 
> protection.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Teresa
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