From: Rich Salz <rsalz@osf.org>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 94 23:25:02 -0400
Message-Id: <9410250325.AA16280@sulphur.osf.org>
To: mitra@path.net, uri-request@mocha.bunyip.com
Subject: Re: Port for URN->URC resolution
>I'd say this ought to be a secure port from the word go. There's already
>enough concern about authentication, we might as well not open another
>hole.
It is foolish to think that a network service is secure because the
server is listening on a particular port, or because the server requires
clients to originate on a particular port. BSD did nobody any real
favors when they came up with the "secure port" concept.
/r$