On Wednesday 31 January 2007 1:29 pm, Dan Langille wrote:

> > Port conflicts are a known annoyance, but maybe it would help to
> > disseminate the information about Bacula usage, for example here:
> >
> >   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_TCP_and_UDP_port_numbers
>
> The Bacula ports are listed there.

I stand corrected ... the Bacula ports are 9101-9103, not 9001-9003 as in my 
original message. Unfortunately, these are also the port used by HP printers.

> > Should the need to introduce incompatible changes in the protocol
> > arise, which I guess would be Bacula 3.0, maybe a different set of
> > default ports could be considered ? HP networked printers are fairly
> > common.
>
> Bacula is registered with IANA, which is the definite source as well
> as listed in the protocol database:
>
>    http://www.isecom.info/cgi-local/protocoldb/browse.dsp
>
> Yes, I know it does not make much difference given that HP did and
> does not do the right thing.

I think we agree on this. Should the need arise for a protocol change, 
however, picking another set of ports might be an option.

Thank you for your consideration,
Davide Bolcioni
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