Re: Mentioning RFC numbers in /etc/services

[Doug]

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 ;).

        You should probably add them both anyway, but that's beside the point. I'm
not sure if adding comments like that would be worth it, however I tend to
think that it is better to just leave it as is since that way if something
changes in the future, we're already set. Also, "not used" might lead
someone to believe that they could use that UDP port for their own little
project. I suggested that we add the link to the IANA page way back when,
but there are still some people that believe that our services list
contains all the information they need. 

Doug


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