Re: [NNTP] Last Call: <draft-elie-nntp-tls-recom mendations-01.txt> (Use of Transport Layer Securit y (TLS) in the Network News Transfer Proto col (NNTP)) to Proposed Standard

On 28 Nov 2016, at 21:44, Julien =C9LIE <[email protected]> wrote:
> As strict TLS over a dedicated port is the current TLS best practice =
to use, what should we do for transit servers?  We currently have no =
NNSP/TLS port.  Do you believe we should ask to register a new port =
NNSP/TLS?
> Otherwise, what should we recommend?  (My fear is that adoption and =
use of that new port by news servers will be slow, or even will never be =
happening...)

Not for me to argue with the wisdom of the crowd, I'm sure, but I've =
never liked the idea of going back to TLS "wrapper" ports; it just =
wastes precious IANA resources for absolutely no reason whatsoever and, =
as you just highlighted, is in any event unlikely to make a meaningful =
impact in practice.

Maybe you could compromise; describe the use of the secure port, give it =
a name, but then only register that port when implementers go looking =
for it.  Downside is that the RFC cannot specify a fixed port number.=