[AFS3-std] Port numbers for AFS+OSD

Felix Frank Felix.Frank@Desy.de
Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:40:14 +0200


The additional ports used for the current RxOSD implementation are 7011
for the rxosd server and 7012 for the OSDDB database server. These are
inherited from the now obsolete MR-AFS branch. Historically, RxOSD and
MR-AFS would even coexist in the same cell.

Sadly, these ports are no longer available for registration with IANA. I
suggest to use them anyway, as they are (via MR-AFS) historically linked
to AFS and fit intuitively with the other ports used by AFS (which is a
convenience bonus for network administrators). A request to IANA would
likely yield obscure ports that won't be as easily recognized as part of
AFS.

Regards
 - Felix