Input (grade 13): However, the de facto has always been to run IRC on 6667\/TCP and nearby port numbers (for example TCP ports 6662-6669) to avoid having to run the IRCd software with root privileges.
Output (grade 12): However, most servers now run IRC on 6667\/TCP and nearby port numbers (for example TCP ports 6112-6119) so that the server does not have to be run with root privileges.