Re: [Sks-devel] Ports used by sks

[Andy Ruddock]

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David Shaw wrote:
> 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.

Isn't port 80 simply the default port used by http, certainly it's not
uncommon to use other ports (8080 springing to mind).
The http spec (rfc2616) says:
"The default port is TCP 80 [19], but other ports can be used."
[19] is a pointer to rfc1700 - assigned numbers.

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