[AFS3-std] Port numbers for AFS+OSD

Simon Wilkinson simon@sxw.org.uk
Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:53:26 +0100


>> 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.

I don't believe that we should be standardising protocols, or shipping  
code, that makes use of IANA allocated fields with obtaining proper  
allocations.

S.