LYNX-DEV Re: problem with 'news' url draft

[Ned Freed]

> I don't know what the RFC number is for a news protocol that runs on port 563.
> Can someone help me here? Is it just one of those things that people
> did, but there is no document defining it? If that's the case, then I
> would say that having a URL scheme for a protocol that is not defined
> is not a good thing to do.

Port 563 is assigned to NNTP over TLS/SSL. I assume this is NNTP in the
conventional sense and not some different protocol.

Note that using separate ports for TLS/SSL protocol variants has security
impliciations; these days negotiation of security options within the
protocol (and using the regular port) is usually considered to be the right
way to go.

                                Ned