--On Friday, 15 July, 2005 13:54 -0400 John Day
<jeanjour@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Does this discussion suggest that it is time to start taking a
>> look at TCPng? If not now, at some point in the future that
>> we can anticipate?
>>
>> (those are questions, not proposals, requests, or statements
>> of belief)
>
> Perhaps, but aren't we about 30 years late in getting rid of
> the kludge of well-known sockets? Perhaps we should start
> solving problems instead of prolonging the agony.
While I'm not sure I quite share your conclusion about ports and
well-known sockets (I can see some tradeoffs in that area), you
will note that I said "take a look at TCPng" not "make the port
number field wider".
best,
john
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