Re: [PATCH v3] net: Use standardized (IANA) local port range

[David Miller]

From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2020 14:52:03 -0700

> Changing the default range impacts existing users. Since Linux has been doing
> this for so long, I don't think just because a standards body decided to reserve
> some space is sufficient justification to do this.

Agreed, there is no way we can change this after decades of
precedence.  We will definitely break things for people.