Re: [han.holl@pobox.com] libc/1172: rresvport should avoid wellknown ports

["Rod m. Stewart" <stewart@nexus.carleton.ca>]

On Mon, 28 Jun 1999, Han Holl wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 28, 1999 at 09:34:39AM +0200, Thorsten Kukuk wrote:
> > 
> > You make one mistake: You looked at the RedHats /etc/services version.
> > This means, on RedHat 17 ports out of 424 are used. But RedHats
> > version is not an official one.
> > 
> Of course each system administrator _knows_ which services he runs.
> Systems running obscure services wil have administrators who know
> how to edit /etc/services, so as to let enough port free for
> dynamically assigned ports. I didn't propose to avoid all reserved ports,
> but all reserved ports that are actually configured in /etc/services.
> 
> > Look at RFC 1700, nearly all ports are reserved for a service. 

Just one comment.  Please disregard it if it is not feasible.  Would it be
possible to first try to get a reserved port which is not in set in
/etc/services, then if it fails (none available) fall back on the current
behaviour.

Or is would this add in too much over head, or I may have misunderstood
the question/problem.

-Rms