PROTOCOLS(5) 1990 PROTOCOLS(5) NNAAMMEE protocols - protocol name data base DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN The _p_r_o_t_o_c_o_l_s file contains information regarding the known protocols used in the DARPA Internet. For each protocol a single line should be present with the following informa- tion: official protocol name protocol number aliases Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or tab char- acters. A ``#'' indicates the beginning of a comment; char- acters up to the end of the line are not interpreted by rou- tines which search the file. Protocol names may contain any printable character other than a field delimiter, newline, or comment character. FFIILLEESS /etc/protocols SSEEEE AALLSSOO getprotoent(3N) BBUUGGSS A name server should be used instead of a static file. Printed 7/27/90 June 1