5001 port conflict with Cisco Anywhere Connect VPN

[fliiteAI]

Out of the box install of IPFS will conflict with Cisco Anywhere Connect. In my particular case it was running on OSX Catalina. I had a standard install of the VPN software with not customizations. I downloaded IPFS Desktop and spent better part of a day tracking down why the daemon wouldn't start. On the enterprise front CISCO VPN software is pretty standard and this will get in the way of enterprise level deployments. I think the notifications should come front and center for non-computer science types so they understand they have a port conflict.
YMMV

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[Stebalien]

Ongoing discussion in ipfs/kubo#874.

[jessicaschilling]

Let's keep tracking in ipfs/kubo#874 ... I'll close this here for the sake of avoiding duplication. Thanks!