NAM — Naming FTF: Allocation of port number

Summary: The INS Adopted Specification lists port 9999 as a place holder until
a final allocation of a port number has been made. The apparent intent
is to register a port number above 1024. The current status hurts
interoperability of emerging implementations, for the following
reasons:

• Use of port number 9999 should be discouraged, as it is already
  registered to Anoop Tewari <anoop@next.distinct.com>:

distinct 9999/tcp distinct
distinct 9999/udp distinct

• There is already an well-known port number assigned to Christian
  Callsen <Christian.Callsen@eng.sun.com>:

omginitialrefs 900/tcp OMG Initial Refs
omginitialrefs 900/udp OMG Initial Refs

Why is an allocation of a port number > 1024 desirable, when a
well-known port has been assigned already?

If a different port number is registered with IANA, what is the
purpose of the port 900 allocation?

The longer the final value remains undetermined, the more
implementations will hard-code some value, which is likely to be
different from the final value, which will give later interoperability
problems.

Application made to IANA for a port assignment. Port number assigned is 2809.