27 Jun
1996
27 Jun
'96
10:53 p.m.
I thought we already have one: port 43 for whois services.
We will put the production code on port 43 as soon as the code looks stable for a while.
Please correct me if I missed your point.
David K.
I am sorry that I was not clear. I beleive that, even with a superset of the whois protocol, this is no longer whois as defined and should therefor apply for a new well-known port. Local conversations with several others here at IETF do not support this view, so I expect that it (the view) will remain a minority opinion. Its something I thought worth mentioning in passing... :) Of course experimental stuff can use any port for testing. This, being a purely local matter can occur on any port the sysadmin chooses. -- --bill