Are you referring to RFC 2052? S Stephen Sprunk, K5SSS, CCIE#3723 Network Consulting Engineer Cisco NSA Dallas, Texas, USA e-mail:ssprunk@cisco.com Pager: +1 800 365-4578 Empowering the Internet Generation ----- Original Message ----- From: Alex P. Rudnev To: Forrest W. Christian Cc: Craig A. Haney ; Jon Green ; J.D. Falk ; nanog@merit.edu Sent: Friday, August 27, 1999 5:05 Subject: Re: The Mathematical Reality of IP Addressin in IPv4... [snip] JUst as I'v wrote yesterday - if you allow to assign WWW addresses (or exactly, SERVICE addresses) to the _IP:PORT_ instead of _IP_ (and ask _give the port from your local _service_ table_, you'll be free in usage the same IP address even for the incoming services, not for the clients only (as todays). Aleksei Roudnev, Network Operations Center, Relcom, Moscow (+7 095) 194-19-95 (Network Operations Center Hot Line),(+7 095) 230-41-41, N 13729 (pager) (+7 095) 196-72-12 (Support), (+7 095) 194-33-28 (Fax)