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> Getting rid of TCP/UDP ports - the positives?: [...] > Some negatives: The first and the foremost: we would need two totally new protocols in place of two
by dozzie 11y ago
> Getting rid of TCP/UDP ports - the positives?:
[...]
> Some negatives:
The first and the foremost: we would need two totally new protocols in place
of two already well-known, well-functioning and well-tooled ones. Benefits you
mentioned are negligible.
- coroutines 11y agoA year or so ago it seemed like SCTP was actually going to be a thing someday. If SCTP did become the protocol we transition TCP/UDP to - should port numbers stay? (iyo)
- dozzie 11y agoPort numbers will stay, because SCTP defines them. If you want to get rid of port numbers, you will need to roll a new protocol, and nobody will go this way merely because of four bytes per packet. Also, there would probably be vast amount of unexpected traps and pitholes without port numbers. We already know well how to work with port numbers. We don't know too well how to work without them.