Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 00:35:26 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de Cc: asami@freefall.freebsd.org, CVS-committers@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-all@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-etc@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc services Message-ID: <199608230735.AAA14611@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> In-Reply-To: <199608230708.JAA29310@uriah.heep.sax.de> from J Wunsch at "Aug 23, 96 09:08:06 am"
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> As Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > > > > Add skkserv (1178/tcp) and sj3 (3086/tcp). They are both Japanese > > > kanji input servers. > > > > Have these been assigned in the RFC's/IAN, if not they should probably not > > go in FreeBSD's /etc/services. > > I don't have the assigned numbers RFC handy, but i think there are > already a lot of non-assigned numbers in /etc/services. After all, > this file does IMHO not constitute a list of ``blessed'' numbers, but > merely acts as a human translation tool. Thus, being exhaustive is > more important than restricting to assigned numbers. No harm will > arise out of this. You ever tried to decode the output of netstat -a?? When /etc/services is used as a reverse map to convert port numbers to names these extra bogus service entries cause folks like me heartache. -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation Company Reliable computers for FreeBSD
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