.TH PROTOCOLS 5 "15 January 1983"
protocols \- protocol name data base
file contains information regarding the known protocols used in the DARPA
Internet. For each protocol a single line should be present
with the following information:
Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or
tab characters. A ``#'' indicates the beginning of
a comment; characters up to the end of the line are
not interpreted by routines which search the file.
Protocol names may contain any printable
character other than a field delimiter, newline,
A name server should be used instead of a static file.
A binary indexed file format should be available for fast access.