--- Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Apr 1999, New Bie wrote:
>
> > Oh, echo and www are just examples. There are many
> services ( like
> > listserv, imap, pop{2,3}, bootp{s,c} ) that use
> both protocols. Does
> > that mean that all these services use both tcp/udp
> from single port?
>
> No. imap, pop2,3 at least are only tcp. I believe
> bootpc is only udp,
> but I'm not sure about that.
>
What i mean by this is that entry for all these exists in /etc/services
showing that they support both protocols.
> > Excuse me if i sound naive but i think an
> application can not talk
> > connection oriented and connection less protocols
> from the same port at
> > the same time?? Isnt it true?
> >
> Yes, that is true.
>
Ok now that this is true, how can services like "echo" support both
protocols at the same time from same port (accordingto you, the entry
for echo is not "broken" in /etc/services).
Is there any other way of reliably knowing which service uses which
protocol?
-nB
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