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I would have thought the reason it was chosen is that he assumed people had a firewall exception for the range of ports between 21 and 23, and by choosing 22 no
by swalsh 10y ago
I would have thought the reason it was chosen is that he assumed people had a firewall exception for the range of ports between 21 and 23, and by choosing 22 nothing had to be changed on the firewall.
- ams6110 10y agoThere weren't nearly as many people running firewalls in 1995. But you may be right.
- DonHopkins 10y agoThe firewall extinguisher hadn't even been invented yet.