On 01/19/2010 11:47 PM, Ned Freed wrote:
Sigh. We've attemped this sort of purity policing many times in the past. The results can be summarized quite simply:IT DOES NOT WORK
IMO it works acceptably for new usage. It fails grandly when it tries to squeeze toothpaste back into the tube, but that's different.
Port 993 was a mistake IMO, but it's best to acknowledge our past mistakes, not sweep them under the carpet. Port 993 still exists, remains in use, and the name imaps refers to it. I don't like that, but I also don't think an IANA registry can list either 993 or imaps as being free for other use.
Please read draft-ietf-tsvwg-iana-ports-04 and comment on the TSVWG list, if you want. Releated discussion also happend on the apps-discuss at ietf dot org mailing list.
My suggestion would be to add a section to that draft grandfathering ports 465, 993, 2000 and a few more (adding as much negative verbiage as seems wise; I don't think the exact amount makes any difference at all). IIRC port 2000 can be grandfathered a half-dozen times.
I didn't see a comment address in the draft, so I cc this message to the authors.
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