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Is it possible, in theory, to create a network protocol with ports higher than 65535 and get it approved by IANA ?
if not, why not ?
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to settle an argument at work.
Is it possible, in theory, to create a network protocol with ports higher than 65535 and get it approved by IANA ?
if not, why not ?
Yes. It is possible to create one with an arbitrary number of ports.
Getting it approved by IANA (and IETF, ISO and whoever else are concerned) is just a matter of getting enough people to use your wonderful new invention. Which is extremely unlikely but not theoretically impossible.