On 31 Jan 2007 at 16:43, Davide Bolcioni wrote: > 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.
Picking another set of ports, even if we register them properly, doesn't mean someone will not use them inappropriatly, as has happened in this case. -- Dan Langille : Software Developer looking for work my resume: http://www.freebsddiary.org/dan_langille.php PGCon - The PostgreSQL Conference - http://www.pgcon.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
