.\" Copyright (c) 1983 The Regents of the University of California.
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.\" @(#)protocols.5 6.4 (Berkeley) %G%
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.