Eric Murray wrote: > The biggest drawback to seperate assigned ports for the TLS versions > of N services is the limited port number space below 1024. > Is there any reason (other than convention) for using port > numbers under 1024? I know some filtering router "firewalls" > will need to be re-programmed, but other than that small problem > why not use ports over 1024? Ports below 1024 are treated differently under unix-like systems: only root can initiate services on these ports[1], thus the operating system provides for some protection against a user on the system trying to subvert services - important particularly in the context of "secure" services. -- Robert.Goodwin@mcc.ac.uk [1]gross oversimplification, but adequate in the circumstances I think :-)Received on Thursday, 6 February 1997 06:00:42 UTC
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