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LYNX-DEV problem with 'news' url draft
From: |
Al Gilman |
Subject: |
LYNX-DEV problem with 'news' url draft |
Date: |
Thu, 5 Mar 1998 20:16:25 -0500 (EST) |
I have got the following from Keith Moore, co-AD for Applications
concerning my Internet-Draft on the 'news' URL scheme (which
actually defines three scheme names: news, nntp, snews; all with
the same syntax outside of the scheme identifier).
> A separate port for news+ssl is unacceptable for standards-track;
> it introduces security holes and wastes ports.
The offending language in the draft is:
> When the scheme is news, the default port (in server) is 119.
> When the scheme is snews, the default port (in server) is 563.
So:
Are snews URLs used? Is news+ssl offered with any regularity?
Is port 563 generally used for this?
Should this be discouraged? Actively or passively, by failing to
bless this usage with a Proposed Standard?
Al Gilman
You can find the draft at
<http://www.access.digex.net/~asgilman/uri/news/draft-gilman-news-url-01.txt>
pending its arrival in the archives.
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Al Gilman <=