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I don't really see any reason for production apps to run on anything other than 80/443.  In dev mode it is nice to have other ports, but I don't really see a reason for special ports in production systems.

Vish

On May 3, 2011, at 10:49 AM, Richard Hartmann wrote:

> On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 08:09, Dirk-Willem van Gulik
> <dirk-willem.van.gulik at bbc.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>> a)      Make SSL only the default (ideally with client cert on as well).
> 
> Sounds good to me.
> 
> 
>> b)      Postulate that one port lower there is an optional HTTP port (OFF, or tied to localhost).
> 
> The IETF _strongly_ prefers STARTTLS over separate TLS/non-TLS ports.
> If you ever want to get an IANA assignment, you are pretty much
> required to support STARTTLS unless you are working with legacy
> protocols.
> 
> 
> Using STARTTLS and requiring TLS by default seems like a good option
> for the medium term, to me.
> 
> 
> Richard
> 
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