Yep it's still very easy and informal. I did it a year or two back to get a DNS-SD entry [1] defined. Just fill out the form [2] and do some back and forth -

Yep it's still very easy and informal. I did it a year or two back to get a DNS-SD entry [1] defined. Just fill out the form [2] and do some back and forth - even updating it is easy. Also yes, a dedicated port is very hard to get - you thought IPv4 was running out ;) One of the side effects of them being such a widespread and networked group is that when I made my application, they suggested I go talk to one of my coworkers (as loosely defined as that is at Microsoft) since he helped standardize the body anyhow. A bit of zen - "the answers you seek were within you[r org chart] the whole time" 1. https://www.iana.org/assignments/service-names-port-numbers/service-names-port-numbers.xhtml?search=wdp https://www.iana.org/assignments/service-names-port-numbers/... 2. https://www.iana.org/form/ports-services https://www.iana.org/form/ports-services