On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 02:55:38PM -0800, Dirk Jagdmann wrote: > There is no port stealing. The IANA list is just a list, it does not > enforce anything or forbid other developers to choose one of these > ports for his service. > > In addition not nearly every TCP/UDP application out there has tried > to register their port with IANA. If you've read the rules to do this > and have tried to register something with them, you might know that it > is often not worth the hassle.
If an application needs to use a port that isn't assigned for it, the "dynamic and/or private" range to use is 49,152 - 65,535. See: http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers ___________________________________________________________________________ Sent via: Wireshark-dev mailing list <wireshark-dev@wireshark.org> Archives: http://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev Unsubscribe: https://wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-dev mailto:wireshark-dev-requ...@wireshark.org?subject=unsubscribe
