Re: Mentioning RFC numbers in /etc/services

[Ben Rosengart]

On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, Josef Karthauser wrote:

> Ok - but it's a bit misleading having both values in /etc/services..
> 
> Shouldn't be:
> http             80/tcp    www www-http         #World Wide Web HTTP
> http             80/udp    www www-http         #World Wide Web HTTP
> 
> Should be:
> http             80/tcp    www www-http         #World Wide Web HTTP
> http             80/udp                       #[not used]
> 
> Don't you think?  At least that way you don't have to read all of the
> rfcs to construct a firewall ;).

And the output of netstat (trafshow, etc.) would be considerably easier to
read.

--
 Ben

UNIX Systems Engineer, Skunk Group
StarMedia Network, Inc.



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