- From: Keith Moore <moore@cs.utk.edu>
- Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2001 15:29:56 -0400
- To: "Roy T. Fielding" <fielding@ebuilt.com>
- cc: Keith Moore <moore@cs.utk.edu>, Jacob Palme <jptest@dsv.su.se>, discuss@apps.ietf.org, Kristine Andersen <kristineandersen@hotmail.com>, Christer Backman <asphalt_world@hotmail.com>, Fredrik Björck <bjorck@dsv.su.se>, Mats Wiklund <matsw@dsv.su.se>, Sead Muftic <sead@dsv.su.se>
> > in a nutshell, my view is that if people are using a web browser > > on the client end to view the content, then it's reasonable to use > > port 80 on the server end. > > > > otherwise, it's probably not reasonable to use port 80. > > Right. Port 80 is reserved for the Web, not HTTP. well, I'm assuming that they're using something that resembles HTTP. I don't think it's reasonable to use port 80 for arbitrary protocols, whether or not you can consider such protocols part of "the web". Keith p.s. does "the web" have a definition? In my mind "the web" includes anything that can be named with a URI, which is most of the Internet...
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