Re: should we revise rfc 3365?

>>> [...] the difference between system and user ports...
>> I submit that attempting to make such a distinction is effectively
>> meaningless, and has been ever since [...]
> I see this argument quite often that we should not impose strong
> security requirements on protocols because there may be this use case
> where no security is needed.

That wasn't my argument here.  My argument is that "system port" versus
"user port" is not a useful distinction.  This is not to say that
security is unnecessary or a bad idea, just that as far as I can see
privileged ports are not a useful way to get any security for
general-purpose use, neither today nor in the foreseeable future.

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