Port number !

[Alain Durand]

At 07:44 22/02/99 -0800, Bob Fink wrote:

>Anyone else know what the policy is re getting port numbers, what it takes,
>who really does it, etc. (not clear the 6bone has any place in this at all)?

Years ago (maybe it was easier at the time) I asked IANA for a port
number. I first had to give them a short description of the protocol
to argue if/why I needed a "privilege" one (<1024).
Later on I send them a draft documenting the protocol itself.

	- Alain.