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Date:      Thu, 29 Jul 1999 16:33:55 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Ben Rosengart <ben@skunk.org>
To:        Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net>
Cc:        Doug <Doug@gorean.org>, 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:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9907291633170.74639-100000@penelope.skunk.org>
In-Reply-To: <19990729210425.A21377@pavilion.net>

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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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