Re: [Sks-devel] Ports used by sks

[David Shaw]

On Feb 2, 2009, at 5:44 PM, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote:

> On Mon, 2009-02-02 at 15:30 -0500, David Shaw wrote:
> > The policy didn't exist yet when some of the early protocols got  
> > their
> > port numbers.  Certainly for the past 10 years or so, if you got one,
> > you got the other.  At least, that's what I was told when I  
> > registered
> > HKP (port 11371).
> Yes,... and for other protocols,.. you'd have to apply specifically...
> (e.g. sctp).
>
> Anyway,.. should I apply for it now? I mean 11370?

No.  You should have a document specifying what the port actually is  
and the protocol that is used on the port before you claim it.  There  
is a spec for 11371.  You need a spec for 11370.

Also, isn't the port changeable on a per-peer basis in SKS?  If so,  
there is no point in registering the port at all, as setting up a new  
peer is a manual operation.  A SKS instance doesn't need to know a  
well-known port to become a peer.

David