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secure tcp ports

From: Bill O'Donnell <billo@coyote.server.net>
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 12:32:06 -0500
Message-Id: <199702061732.MAA03355@coyote.server.net>
To: ietf-tls@w3.org

Guess I can't lurk forever...

While it may be inelegant to simply double the number of ports for
security, it probably won't actually cause any serious insurmountable
problems in the future. An application-level protocol or scheme
for negotiation up to SSL/TLS will forever cause compatibility and
interoperability problems.

Saying "it's easy" to come up with a universal scheme to allow this
kind of negotiation is naive.  In reality, it's probably impossible.

As applications warrant it, we should either decide to assign a
separate port for secure communications, or come up with a single-port
scheme if the original protocol makes it possible. 

I'd like to suggest that telnet be an application that should have a
separate port.



Bill O'Donnell   billo@netcentric.com  billo@server.net     me@billo.com
NetCentric Corp  17 Msgr O'Brien Hwy   Cambridge, MA 02142
Received on Thursday, 6 February 1997 12:35:38 UTC

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