Actually, my /etc/services (Slackware 3.4) has the same, "broken" entries.
Since one rarely runs a Web server through inetd, an error here would
usually not affect anything. But if the entry is common, I wonder if it is
in fact an error? My copy of _Web Performance Tuning_ notes that UDP is the
protocol of choice for streaming audio -- might that apply to httpd-based
services?
At 09:38 AM 4/9/99 +0100, Mike Ricketts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
[abridged]:
>On Thu, 8 Apr 1999, New Bie wrote:
>> www 80/tcp http # WorldWideWeb HTTP
>> www 80/udp # HyperText Transfer Protocol
>>
>That is definately wrong. It should be
>http 80/tcp # www is used by some broken
>www 80/tcp # progs, http is more correct
>or
>http 80/tcp www
>
>http does not use udp at all, and if this is in your /etc/services then
>your /etc/services is broken.
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