> OK, let's bring this thing to a close.
>
> How about we start disallowing Gopher connections to anything other
> than 70 and 71 (some Gopher servers use the latter), HTTP connections
> to anything other than 80, Z39.50 and 210, and NNTP connections to
> anything other than (whatever the NNTP port is), etc. -- except for
> >1024, which is wide open.
BRRRRAAAAPPPP.... Sorry. Not acceptable. Many, many gophers run on other
ports than 70. Most of the stuff I admin runs on other ports for the
simple reason that to limit access to a section of your gopher hierarchy
you need to run another server.
I think that I am not alone here. </rr>