- From: Mark Shuttleworth <marks@thawte.com>
- Date: Sun, 9 Feb 1997 10:54:03 +0200 (SAT)
- To: Win Treese <treese@OpenMarket.com>
- cc: ietf-tls@w3.org
> I think that we have a practical problem to solve in > the short term. Even if we agreed that the "right thing" > was to multiplex applications over a TLS channel, or > that the "right thing" was to let applications negotiate > their own use of TLS, it would take a while to get the > necessary specs on the standards track. > > Chris's proposal lets a number of projects proceed, > so I think we should go ahead with it. I encourage > continued thinking and proposals to solve the broader > problem, but I think they go beyond the charter of > this working group now. You can never undo this, Win. Never ever. Once IANA approves that request those ports are gone in the short and long term, because somebody somewhere will still be running a secure server on one of them. If there were even one shred of evidence that NS and MS had met to resolve this "The Right Way", and failed, then that would be one thing. But there is no such evidence. This is an exercise in stubborness. I hope the IANA returns this request to sender with a clear message that no such requests will be considered until they are the last resort, not the first. -- Mark Shuttleworth Thawte Consulting
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