Will Booth added the comment:
Allow users to translate protocol numbers from IPv4/IPv6 headers to a friendly
human readable string.
Just filling a gap in the API. There might be a PyPI package out there similar
to socket. However, it's complementary function,'getprotobyname'
Changes by Will Booth :
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New submission from Will Booth:
Add an old method from netdb to python for a best-effort, centerized look up.
For the function to work, /etc/protocols would also need to be present. If the
protocol doesn't exist OSError is raised.
Patch attached.
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