tlsport & ntpport

[Richard Laager]

On 2/2/19 7:22 AM, Achim Gratz via devel wrote:
> Eric S. Raymond via devel writes:
>> *tlsport XXX* Contact the NTS-KE server on TCP port XXX.
>>
>> *ntpport YYY* Request an NTPD server on UDP port YYY.
>>
>> Can anyone explain to me a case in which these are not
>> equivalent to expcit port prefixes on a server, ask, re require
>> address?

They're not. Do the port suffixes on the server/ask/require instead.

> I think you have that right.  But I also think you can never use a
> different UDP port than the one NTS-KE gave you anyway, so I don't see
> why you'd even accept a port prefix on the ask/require address.

The client can request a port from the NTS-KE server as part of the
server negotiation. That's why you take one on the ask/require address.

-- 
Richard