Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 21:04:26 +0100 From: Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net> To: Doug <Doug@gorean.org> Cc: Dominic Mitchell <Dom.Mitchell@palmerharvey.co.uk>, Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>, Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mentioning RFC numbers in /etc/services Message-ID: <19990729210425.A21377@pavilion.net> In-Reply-To: <37A0A76B.F09E9AF1@gorean.org>; from Doug on Thu, Jul 29, 1999 at 12:11:39PM -0700 References: <xzpu2qrad76.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907281735570.15263-100000@dt011n65.san.rr.com> <19990729090420.A98489@pavilion.net> <19990729110131.A50938@voodoo.pandhm.co.uk> <37A0A76B.F09E9AF1@gorean.org>
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On Thu, Jul 29, 1999 at 12:11:39PM -0700, Doug wrote: > Dominic Mitchell wrote: > > > > On Thu, Jul 29, 1999 at 09:04:20AM +0100, Josef Karthauser wrote: > > > A question that always baffled me (I'm fairly easy to baffle) is why we've > > > got some numbers defined as both udp and tcp when the service type is only > > > one or the other. Does anyone know? > > > > Probably because the IANA specifies them that way. I think that they > > try to keep both UDP and TCP ports the same, "just in case". There > > might be a better explanation in rfc1700 (assigned numbers) > > Nope, that is the official reason. Cheesy-poofs for you. :) 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 ;). Joe -- Josef Karthauser FreeBSD: How many times have you booted today? Technical Manager Viagra for your server (http://www.uk.freebsd.org) Pavilion Internet plc. [joe@pavilion.net, joe@uk.freebsd.org, joe@tao.org.uk] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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