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PROTOCOLS(5)              Linux Programmer's Manual             PROTOCOLS(5)

NAME         top

       protocols - protocols definition file

DESCRIPTION         top

       This file is a plain ASCII file, describing the various DARPA
       internet protocols that are available from the TCP/IP subsystem.  It
       should be consulted instead of using the numbers in the ARPA include
       files, or, even worse, just guessing them.  These numbers will occur
       in the protocol field of any IP header.
       Keep this file untouched since changes would result in incorrect IP
       packages.  Protocol numbers and names are specified by the IANA
       (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority).
       Each line is of the following format:
              protocol number aliases ...
       where the fields are delimited by spaces or tabs.  Empty lines are
       ignored.  If a line contains a hash mark (#), the hash mark and the
       part of the line following it are ignored.
       The field descriptions are:
       protocol
              the native name for the protocol.  For example ip, tcp, or
              udp.
       number the official number for this protocol as it will appear within
              the IP header.
       aliases
              optional aliases for the protocol.
       This file might be distributed over a network using a network-wide
       naming service like Yellow Pages/NIS or BIND/Hesiod.

FILES         top

       /etc/protocols
              The protocols definition file.

SEE ALSO         top

       getprotoent(3)http://www.iana.org/assignments/protocol-numbers

COLOPHON         top

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Linux                            2012-08-05                     PROTOCOLS(5)

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