On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, Ray Olszewski wrote:
> 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.
True. That doesn't mean it is correct though.
> 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?
>
No. Streaming audio is not using the http protocol, and is not done over
port 80 anyway, AFAIK.
> 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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