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Date:      Mon, 12 Jan 1998 13:11:30 -0800
From:      Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca>
To:        Robert Watson <robert@cyrus.watson.org>
Cc:        Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca>, "Jose' Monteiro" <jm@pluriproj.pt>, security@hub.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: /etc/services 
Message-ID:  <199801122111.NAA06964@passer.osg.gov.bc.ca>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 12 Jan 1998 15:27:39 EST." <Pine.BSF.3.96.980112152656.282B-100000@cyrus.watson.org> 

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> On Mon, 12 Jan 1998, Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group wrote:
> 
> > > What does this /etc/services lines mean?
> > > 
> > > #PROBLEMS!===============================================
> > > doom            666/tcp    #doom Id Software
> > > doom            666/udp    #doom Id Software  
> > > #PROBLEMS!===============================================
> > 
> > Ports 666, UDP and TCP, have been assiged to doom.  This is not a security 
> > issue.  It's just a definition.
> 
> The reason for the #PROBLEMS! comment is that duplicate entries exist for
> those port numbers, so they (I assume) have been flagged as such for your
> reference.  I have not checked the IANA page to see which is the
> legitimate one :).

The same is true for many of the Oracle services.

> 
>   Robert N Watson 
> 
> Carnegie Mellon University http://www.cmu.edu/
> SafePort Network Services  http://www.safeport.com/
> robert@fledge.watson.org   http://www.watson.org/~robert/
> 



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