Network Working Group		
Request for Comments:   				           
                                                        Bill Moss
Category: Experimental					January 2002

				Named Ports

                    draft-moss-named-ports-v.01-00.txt 



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Introduction

	This likely involves a new TCP/IP standard. I'm
	not so technical to know if it's feasible or informed to
	know if it exists (perhaps in IPv6), or is proposed. But
	simply put, in addition to the numbered range of ports used
	now for IP services like ssh, http, etc., in the interest
	of security, arbitrary named ports could be used e.g.
	http://foo.bar.net:mooky, or telnet 0 thisone, further
	these named ports could be encrypted strings.

Security Considerations

	If named ports were possible, their use could increase network security.

Author's Address

	Bill Moss
	89 Bleecker St. #3A
	New York, NY 10012
	Telephone: (212) 375-8869
	E-Mail: billmoss@hotmail.com

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