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28*899edecdSGordon Bergling.Dd December 7, 2020
29afe61c15SRodney W. Grimes.Dt PROTOCOLS 5
303d45e180SRuslan Ermilov.Os
31afe61c15SRodney W. Grimes.Sh NAME
32afe61c15SRodney W. Grimes.Nm protocols
33afe61c15SRodney W. Grimes.Nd protocol name data base
34afe61c15SRodney W. Grimes.Sh DESCRIPTION
35afe61c15SRodney W. GrimesThe
364b66483fSRuslan Ermilov.Nm
37*899edecdSGordon Berglingfile contains information regarding the assigned protocol numbers
38*899edecdSGordon Berglingused by IPv4 and IPv6 to identify the next level protocol.
395203edcdSRuslan ErmilovFor each protocol a single line should be present
40afe61c15SRodney W. Grimeswith the following information:
41afe61c15SRodney W. Grimes.Bd -unfilled -offset indent
42afe61c15SRodney W. Grimesofficial protocol name
43afe61c15SRodney W. Grimesprotocol number
44afe61c15SRodney W. Grimesaliases
45afe61c15SRodney W. Grimes.Ed
46afe61c15SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
47afe61c15SRodney W. GrimesItems are separated by any number of blanks and/or
485203edcdSRuslan Ermilovtab characters.
495203edcdSRuslan ErmilovA ``#'' indicates the beginning of
50afe61c15SRodney W. Grimesa comment; characters up to the end of the line are
51afe61c15SRodney W. Grimesnot interpreted by routines which search the file.
52afe61c15SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
53afe61c15SRodney W. GrimesProtocol names may contain any printable
54afe61c15SRodney W. Grimescharacter other than a field delimiter, newline,
55afe61c15SRodney W. Grimesor comment character.
56afe61c15SRodney W. Grimes.Sh FILES
57afe61c15SRodney W. Grimes.Bl -tag -width /etc/protocols -compact
58afe61c15SRodney W. Grimes.It Pa /etc/protocols
59afe61c15SRodney W. GrimesThe
604b66483fSRuslan Ermilov.Nm
61afe61c15SRodney W. Grimesfile resides in
62afe61c15SRodney W. Grimes.Pa /etc .
63afe61c15SRodney W. Grimes.El
64afe61c15SRodney W. Grimes.Sh SEE ALSO
65afe61c15SRodney W. Grimes.Xr getprotoent 3
66*899edecdSGordon Bergling.Rs
67*899edecdSGordon Bergling.%R RFC 2780
68*899edecdSGordon Bergling.%D March 2000
69*899edecdSGordon Bergling.%T "IANA Allocation Guidelines For Values In the \
70*899edecdSGordon BerglingInternet Protocol and Related Headers"
71*899edecdSGordon Bergling.Re
72*899edecdSGordon Bergling.Rs
73*899edecdSGordon Bergling.%R RFC 5237
74*899edecdSGordon Bergling.%D February 2008
75*899edecdSGordon Bergling.%T "IANA Allocation Guidelines for the Protocol Field"
76*899edecdSGordon Bergling.Re
77afe61c15SRodney W. Grimes.Sh HISTORY
78afe61c15SRodney W. GrimesThe
79afe61c15SRodney W. Grimes.Nm
80afe61c15SRodney W. Grimesfile format appeared in
81*899edecdSGordon Bergling.Bx 4.2 ,
82*899edecdSGordon Berglingdescribing the "known protocols used in the DARPA Internet".
839cbda590SRuslan Ermilov.Sh BUGS
849cbda590SRuslan ErmilovA name server should be used instead of a static file.
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