[tor-bugs] #3470 [Trac]: Reduced Exit Policy IM Expansion

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#3470: Reduced Exit Policy IM Expansion
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 Reporter:  atagar       |          Owner:  mikeperry
     Type:  enhancement  |         Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal       |      Milestone:           
Component:  Trac         |        Version:           
 Keywords:               |         Parent:           
   Points:               |   Actualpoints:           
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Comment(by mikeperry):

 Replying to [comment:1 rransom]:
 > Replying to [ticket:3470 atagar]:
 > > Also one of the IRC entries...
 > > ExitPolicy accept *:6666-6667 # IRC
 > >
 > > should be the 6660-6669 range according to the wiki on port
 assignments [2]. Ports 6668 and 6669 in particular are within the
 officially assigned range so if we can't include them we should cite why
 on the reduced policy wiki.
 >
 > The officially assigned port for IRC is 194.  The officially assigned
 port for IRC-over-SSL is 994.

 Do any ircds actually use these two? I've never seen any. I suppose the
 plus side here is that it is also very unlikely for bittorrent clients to
 chose the privileged range, too.

 As to the other IRC ports, I can't find any references to them being
 default torrent client ports. I suppose we can open those up too.

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