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 02142Received on Thursday, 6 February 1997 12:35:38 UTC
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