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[dccp] SHOULD vs. MUST in the Port Numbers section
Hi all,
There are a number of SHOULD/SHOULD NOTs in the Port Numbers section
that could be MUST/MUST NOTs; specifically, these four:
o A short English phrase describing the port's purpose. This
SHOULD include one or more space-separated textual Service Code
descriptors naming the port's corresponding Service Codes...
o A port name SHOULD NOT be registered for more than one DCCP port
number.
o Any such registration [of a port name registered for UDP]
SHOULD use the same port number as the existing UDP
registration.
o However, if such a registration [of a TCP/SCTP port name] makes
sense ... the DCCP
registration SHOULD use the same port number as the existing
registration.
I left them as SHOULDs because I did not want to imply that IANA
should check them, and because in some cases UDP and TCP themselves
do not follow these rules.
Anyone have any feelings about changing these four SHOULD/SHOULD NOTs
to MUST/MUST NOTs? I'd default to leaving them as SHOULD/SHOULD NOTs.
Eddie