Re: [dccp] port numbers and DCCP

[Lars Eggert <lars.eggert at netlab.nec.de>]

On Nov 15, 2005, at 23:34, Sally Floyd wrote:
> Colin reported last week at IETF that the main DCCP internet-draft
> didn't make any assignments about port numbers.  RFC 2969
> says the following, for SCTP:
>
>    This protocol will require port reservation like TCP for the use of
>    "well known" servers within the Internet.  All current TCP ports
>    shall be automatically reserved in the SCTP port address space.   
> New
>    requests should follow IANA's current mechanisms for TCP.
>
> Our suggestion is that we will add this language to the DCCP spec
> when the draft reaches AUTH48, the authors' 48 hours just before
> the document is issued as an RFC.  And in this way all TCP ports
> will automatically be reserved in the DCCP port address space as
> DCCP ports also, without the need for modifying the IANA registry.
>
> Does this seem fine to everyone?

Yes.

As for procedure, please check with the RFC editor whether they'd  
want this change during AUTH48 or if you should rev the draft one  
more time while it is in EDIT. (Just to prevent any surprises.)

Lars
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Lars Eggert                                     NEC Network Laboratories

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