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>>> IANA doesn't automagically know who uses what port unless
>>> someone tells them I thought.
>> exactly.  there is a process to get a port number assigned.
>>    <http://www.iana.org/cgi-bin/sys-port-number.pl>
> Thanks for following up to your own message Randy, you saved me
> the trouble. I was actually kind of confused by your message this
> morning, since you of all people should have known the answers to
> your own questions. :)

it's my form of a troll.

> The only thing I'd add to this is that the sockstat utility in
> freebsd makes it trivial to determine what application is holding
> a given port.

the connection was flying by very quickly.  and the operator was
many hours from coffee.

randy