[HN Gopher] Apple took over port 5000 in the latest macOS
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       Apple took over port 5000 in the latest macOS
        
       Author : rkuykendall-com
       Score  : 11 points
       Date   : 2021-10-26 21:57 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | rachelbythebay wrote:
       | If only there was something that broadcast the availability of
       | services including the port they're on...
        
       | otterley wrote:
       | ITT: Squatters taking up residence on an IANA reserved port
       | complain that other, wealthier squatters are now also trespassing
       | on the real owner's turf.
        
         | blitzar wrote:
         | Ironically the apple use aligns much more with the 'official
         | desgnation' (UPNP) than all the other uses that people are
         | complaining about (dev web servers).
        
       | vadfa wrote:
       | What is so special about that port? Is it the default of a
       | framework?
        
         | someonehere wrote:
         | It's used in Docker often. I can see it being in that sub for
         | that reason.
        
         | danudey wrote:
         | Default port for the Flask python web framework, but the poster
         | was complaining because it's the port they use for something in
         | production. Seems like a silly complaint honestly.
        
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