Re: TCPMUX (RFC 1078) status

[Martin Sustrik <[e-mail]>]

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