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Date:      Sat, 11 Jul 1998 20:07:57 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>
To:        Studded <Studded@dal.net>
Cc:        Brian Somers <brian@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/etc services
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95.980711200330.9865A-100000@current1.whistle.com>
In-Reply-To: <35A818B8.E9235620@dal.net>

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On Sat, 11 Jul 1998, Studded wrote:

> Julian Elischer wrote:
> > 
> > IRC used divert?
> > 
> > On Fri, 3 Jul 1998, Brian Somers wrote:
> > 
> > > brian       1998/07/03 18:58:17 PDT
> > >
> > >   Modified files:        (Branch: RELENG_2_2)
> > >     etc                  services
> > >   Log:
> > >   MFC: 6668/divert -> 8668/divert.  IRC uses 6668.
                  ^^^^^^         ^^^^^^

there was no clash to start with...



> 
> 	Ports 6660-6669 are very commonly used as ports to connect to ircd on.
> Port 6667 is by far the most common, and 6668 is a very common alternate
> port.
> 

This is irrelevant..
IRC does not use the DIVERT PROTOCOL

the port spaces are not shared.
For one, divert is only valid within a single machine.
One number is as good as another but it's a pointless edit.

> Hope this helps,

well it lets me know there was no real reason..
But it's not worth shifting it back..8668 will do just fine.


> 
> Doug
> 


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