1*a8e0c79eSderaadt.\" $OpenBSD: protocols.5,v 1.12 2019/03/03 17:04:17 deraadt Exp $ 2df930be7Sderaadt.\" $NetBSD: protocols.5,v 1.3 1994/11/30 19:31:27 jtc Exp $ 3df930be7Sderaadt.\" 4df930be7Sderaadt.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993 5df930be7Sderaadt.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 6df930be7Sderaadt.\" 7df930be7Sderaadt.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 8df930be7Sderaadt.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 9df930be7Sderaadt.\" are met: 10df930be7Sderaadt.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 11df930be7Sderaadt.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 12df930be7Sderaadt.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 13df930be7Sderaadt.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 14df930be7Sderaadt.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 1529295d1cSmillert.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 16df930be7Sderaadt.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 17df930be7Sderaadt.\" without specific prior written permission. 18df930be7Sderaadt.\" 19df930be7Sderaadt.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 20df930be7Sderaadt.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 21df930be7Sderaadt.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 22df930be7Sderaadt.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 23df930be7Sderaadt.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 24df930be7Sderaadt.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 25df930be7Sderaadt.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 26df930be7Sderaadt.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 27df930be7Sderaadt.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 28df930be7Sderaadt.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 29df930be7Sderaadt.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 30df930be7Sderaadt.\" 31df930be7Sderaadt.\" @(#)protocols.5 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93 32df930be7Sderaadt.\" 33*a8e0c79eSderaadt.Dd $Mdocdate: March 3 2019 $ 34df930be7Sderaadt.Dt PROTOCOLS 5 35fc8533a3Saaron.Os 36df930be7Sderaadt.Sh NAME 37df930be7Sderaadt.Nm protocols 38df930be7Sderaadt.Nd protocol name database 39df930be7Sderaadt.Sh DESCRIPTION 40df930be7SderaadtThe 41fbd19cc4Saaron.Nm 42df930be7Sderaadtfile contains information regarding the known protocols used in the 431f53fde1SaaronInternet. 44431305c8SaaronFor each protocol, a single line should be present 45df930be7Sderaadtwith the following information: 46df930be7Sderaadt.Bd -unfilled -offset indent 47df930be7Sderaadtofficial protocol name 48df930be7Sderaadtprotocol number 49df930be7Sderaadtaliases 50df930be7Sderaadt.Ed 51df930be7Sderaadt.Pp 52431305c8SaaronItems are separated by any number of blanks and/or tab characters. 530fb97a5aSaaron.Pp 540fb97a5aSaaronA hash mark 550fb97a5aSaaron.Pq Ql # 56431305c8Saaronindicates the beginning of a comment; subsequent characters up to the 57431305c8Saaronend of the line are not interpreted by the routines which search the file. 58df930be7Sderaadt.Pp 59431305c8SaaronProtocol names may contain any printable character other than a 60431305c8Saaronfield delimiter, newline, or comment character. 61df930be7Sderaadt.Sh FILES 62df930be7Sderaadt.Bl -tag -width /etc/protocols -compact 63df930be7Sderaadt.It Pa /etc/protocols 64df930be7Sderaadt.El 65df930be7Sderaadt.Sh SEE ALSO 66df930be7Sderaadt.Xr getprotoent 3 673b1d4ce7Sjmc.Sh HISTORY 683b1d4ce7SjmcThe 693b1d4ce7Sjmc.Nm 703b1d4ce7Sjmcfile format appeared in 713b1d4ce7Sjmc.Bx 4.2 . 72df930be7Sderaadt.Sh BUGS 73df930be7SderaadtA name server should be used instead of a static file. 74aff2b1e4SmillertLines in 75aff2b1e4Smillert.Pa /etc/protocols 76aff2b1e4Smillertare limited to 770fb97a5aSaaron.Dv BUFSIZ 781f53fde1Saaroncharacters (currently 1024). 791f53fde1SaaronLonger lines will be ignored. 80