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. [...@pavilion.net, j...@uk.freebsd.org, j...@tao.org.uk] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
