[NNTP] Port numbers
Ken Murchison
ken at oceana.com
Fri Nov 12 07:49:04 PST 2004
Clive D.W. Feather wrote:
> I've got two possible wordings for port numbers.
>
> (1) The official TCP port for the NNTP service is 433 for transit-only
> servers and 119 for all other servers.
>
> (2) The official TCP port for the NNTP service is 119. However, if a host
> wishes to offer separate transit-only and reader-only servers, port
> 433 SHOULD be used for the former and 119 for the latter.
>
> [The terms "reader-only", "transit-only", and "general-use" are defined
> in text that will surround this.]
>
> Which better describes our intent?
Either works for me; leaning towards (2).
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