RE: Evaluation: draft-ietf-netconf-ssh-05.txt to Proposed Standar d [I06-051127-0011]

["Wijnen, Bert (Bert)" <bwijnen@lucent.com>]

But am amswer of "it doies not matter" does not help the IANA
to make an assignment. We as a WG must choose. If it does not
matter, then I guess we're saying >1024.

Bert

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Shafer [mailto:phil@juniper.net]
> Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 00:15
> To: Wijnen, Bert (Bert)
> Cc: 'Margaret Wasserman (E-mail)'; Andy Bierman (E-mail); 'Netconf
> (E-mail)'; iana-drafts@icann.org; IANA
> Subject: Re: Evaluation: draft-ietf-netconf-ssh-05.txt to Proposed
> Standar d [I06-051127-0011] 
> 
> 
> The only reason to have it <1024 is to keep unix users from running
> it as non-root.  While this is fairly weak security, it does prevent
> untrusted users on trusted hosts (whose host-key your client likes)
> from starting a process that mimics the real ssh-based netconf daemon
> and skims whatever information it can.  Then again, I guess you'd
> need to be root to have the private version of the host key, so
> it's not really an issue.
> 
> So IMHO it doesn't matter.
> 
> Thanks,
>  Phil
> 
> 
> 
> "Wijnen, Bert (Bert)" writes:
> >I was trying to find the answer to this IANA quesion,
> >and I cannot find it. Did we (WG) decide what we want?
> >
> >I need to know BEFORE the IESG telechat (11:30 EST) tomorrow 
> (thursday)
> >if possible.
> >
> >Bert
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: owner-netconf@ops.ietf.org 
[mailto:owner-netconf@ops.ietf.org]On
>> Behalf Of IANA
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 18:44
>> To: 'Wijnen, Bert (Bert)'
>> Cc: 'Margaret Wasserman (E-mail)'; 'Netconf (E-mail)';
>> iana-drafts@icann.org
>> Subject: RE: Evaluation: draft-ietf-netconf-ssh-05.txt to Proposed
>> Standard [I06-051127-0011]
>> 
>> 
>> Bert,
>> 
>> I still don't see what range the port needs to go in...
>> User (0-1023) or system (1024-49151) range?
>> 
>> Am I missing a note somewhere that give this information?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Michelle
>> IANA
>
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