Date: Sat, 09 May 1998 01:56:25 -0700 From: Studded <Studded@dal.net> To: Anatole Shaw <ash@pfmc.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /etc/services Message-ID: <35541A39.5C13F370@dal.net> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980508170201.1484L-100000@gradient.pfmc.net>
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Anatole Shaw wrote: > > Where does the information in /etc/services come from, especially > regarding some of the more obscure services? Well it SHOULD come from IANA as several people have noted. The info that we actually have in the file is a fairly interesting mix of out of date info, custom hacks and a solid percentage of stuff that's actually right. :) http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/port-numbers for more info if you're interested. Doug -- *** Chief Operations Officer, DALnet IRC network *** *** Proud designer and maintainer of the world's largest Internet *** Relay Chat server with 5,328 simultaneous connections. *** Try spider.dal.net on ports 6662-4 (Powered by FreeBSD) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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