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To: Daniel Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com>
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Subject: Re: Mentioning RFC numbers in /etc/services
References: <199908021116.HAA06757@pcnet1.pcnet.com>
From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>
Date: 02 Aug 1999 13:22:38 +0200
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Daniel Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com> writes:
> Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
> > The correct way to do this is to fix getservbyname() so it accepts
> > port numbers.
> Are you sure this is what you want?

Yes.

>                                      It may allow an application to
> use a port number that would otherwise be invalid.

Please elaborate.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no


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