Package: netbase Version: 6.3 Severity: wishlist Dear Maintainer,
Would it be acceptable to add Linux specific "internal" protocols in /etc/protocols? RAW (IPPROTO_RAW = 255) and MPTCP (IPPROTO_MPTCP = 262) are not protocol numbers defined by the IANA but they are used by the Linux kernel. RAW has been there for a very long time. MPTCP has been introduced in kernel 5.6. These two protocol numbers will not be visible on the wire. For MPTCP, the TCP protocol number will be used on the wire but there is a need to create MPTCP sockets. Still, having them in /etc/protocols will help programs using getprotobyname() or getprotobynumber() like Perl and others are doing to support these protocols but also to display the proper info about them. Would it then be acceptable to add them to the list? Or at least the MPTCP one as it is what I'm working on in the Linux kernel? :) Cheers, Matt -- System Information: Debian Release: 11.5 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 5.19.9 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) -- no debconf information
