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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