Module Name: src
Committed By: jschauma
Date: Tue Nov 29 14:15:01 UTC 2022
Modified Files:
src/share/man/man5: protocols.5
Log Message:
be more specific about what /etc/protocols describes
The reference to the "DARPA Internet" seems not quite up to date in 2022,
so moving that to the HISTORY section.
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.7 -r1.8 src/share/man/man5/protocols.5
Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
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Modified files:
Index: src/share/man/man5/protocols.5
diff -u src/share/man/man5/protocols.5:1.7 src/share/man/man5/protocols.5:1.8
--- src/share/man/man5/protocols.5:1.7 Thu Aug 7 10:31:17 2003
+++ src/share/man/man5/protocols.5 Tue Nov 29 14:15:01 2022
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: protocols.5,v 1.7 2003/08/07 10:31:17 agc Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: protocols.5,v 1.8 2022/11/29 14:15:01 jschauma Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)protocols.5 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
.\"
-.Dd June 5, 1993
+.Dd November 27, 2022
.Dt PROTOCOLS 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm protocols
-file contains information regarding the known protocols used in the
-.Tn DARPA
-Internet. For each protocol a single line should be present
+file contains information regarding the assigned protocol numbers
+used by IPv4 and IPv6 to identify the next level protocol.
+For each protocol a single line should be present
with the following information:
.Bd -unfilled -offset indent
official protocol name
@@ -68,10 +68,23 @@ file resides in
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr getprotoent 3
+.Rs
+.%R RFC 2780
+.%D March 2000
+.%T "IANA Allocation Guidelines For Values In the \
+Internet Protocol and Related Headers"
+.Re
+.Rs
+.%R RFC 5237
+.%D February 2008
+.%T "IANA Allocation Guidelines for the Protocol Field"
+.Re
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
file format appeared in
-.Bx 4.2 .
+.Bx 4.2 ,
+describing the "known protocols used in the DARPA
+Internet".
.Sh BUGS
A name server should be used instead of a static file.
