Re: [Sks-devel] Ports used by sks

[David Shaw]

On Feb 2, 2009, at 7:30 PM, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote:

> > 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.
>
> Well but this is also the case with the 11371 port, and basically with
> most other protocols, too, isn't it?

No, the 11371 port is needed because it is part of the HKP protocol,  
just like 80 is part of the HTTP protocol.  11370, on the other hand,  
is just some port that SKS uses.  It's not in use by clients.  That  
port is manually configured.

David