fgont@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx said: > 1) There's only one implementation that I know of that uses the service > port as the source port of client requests. As a ressult, enforcing > such a rule would prevent all other implementations from working. One reason for doing that is to prevent 2 programs that adjust the clock from running at the same time. If some other program is already using port 123, a second program will get an error when it tries to bind its socket to the already-in-use port. -- These are my opinions. I hate spam. -- last-call mailing list last-call@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/last-call