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Re: TCPMUX (RFC 1078) status

2013-08-21 10:32:00
On 21/08/13 17:12, Joe Touch wrote:

The real problem here IMO is how to distinguish between "adding a
completely new application" -- which should require approval process --
and "adding a new component within an existing distributed application"
-- which should be managed by devs themselves.

IMO it's easy - any group of services you want others to be able to use
independently could justify a new port, but you can always mux them all
together if you want to avoid additional firewall configuration issues.

So what would you use for muxing, if TCPMUX is not a good idea?

I.e., this is your call. But it doesn't appear to have anything to do
with the notion of a single port to access any *existing* service, which
is what TCPMUX and its descendants does.

Martin

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