Bob Beck([email protected]) on 2016.05.31 23:25:47 -0600: > Honestly, I care little about the incompatibility because we are > already different. > > However I do not think this is any "easier" - I never use > /etc/services because frankly I can't > predict what other non-openbsd systems will have in it. > > even openssl s_client doens't add code complexity to do this - and > that's saying something ;) > > so frankly, I'd rather not. /etc/services is frankly IMO, obsolete.. > nobody looks up shit by name > out of there anymore
Its not obsolete. pf.conf uses names from /etc/services. tcpdump does... I certainly like to use names wherever i can. > On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 11:17 PM, Theo de Raadt <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> This diff allows users to use the name of a service in /etc/services > >> instead of a port number when using netcat. Hopefully, this will make > >> using netcat easier for some users. > > > > I don't see how it makes it easier. There are a number of netcat > > versions out there, mostly trying to be somewhat compatible. On a > > whim, this introduces an incompatibility --> scripts become less > > portable.
