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/ > Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 UNIX Support OV/VM: BCSC02(CSCHUBER) ITSD BITNET: CSCHUBER@BCSC02.BITNET Government of BC Internet: cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca Cy.Schubert@gems8.gov.bc.ca "Quit spooling around, JES do it."
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