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From: BILLW@MATHOM.CISCO.COM (William "Chops" Westfield)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re:  tcp port numbers
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Date: 16 Jan 90 21:20:56 GMT
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> Is there some organization or "official" list of tcp port uses above
> 256 ...

Come on people.  Port numbers above 255 are BY DEFINITION un-official.
I could see some value in making the "official" space larger, but you
still need a whole bunch of numbers for the other side of the connection.

BillW
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