FYI: new 2.00 whois server runs now on port 4444

In message <199606272053.AA03700 at zephyr.isi.edu>, Bill Manning writes:
> > 
> > I thought we already have one: port 43 for whois services.
> > 
> > We will put the production code on port 43 as soon as the code looks stable
> > for a while.
> > 
> > Please correct me if I missed your point.
> > 
> > David K.
> > 
> 
> 	I am sorry that I was not clear. I beleive that, even with a superset
> 	of the whois protocol, this is no longer whois as defined and should
> 	therefor apply for a new well-known port.   
> 
> 	Local conversations with several others here at IETF do not support
> 	this view, so I expect that it (the view) will remain a minority 
> 	opinion.  Its something I thought worth mentioning in passing... :)
> 
> 	Of course experimental stuff can use any port for testing.
> 	This, being a purely local matter can occur on any port the sysadmin
> 	chooses.
> 
> -- 
> --bill


Bill,

As long as the is backward compatibility no protocol has had to apply
for a new port number when it was extended.

Curtis