Ping.
On Mon, May 24, 2021 at 05:05:31PM BST, Raf Czlonka wrote:
> Ping.
>
> On Sun, May 16, 2021 at 07:10:22PM BST, Raf Czlonka wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > During recent services(5)-related threads, I glanced over the file
> > and noticed a duplicate - namely(sic!), "nameserver" is being used
> > both as the a service name, as well as an alias for "domain".
> >
> > nameserver 42/tcp name # IEN 116
> > domain 53/tcp nameserver # name-domain server
> > domain 53/udp nameserver
> >
> > The above entries had remained unchanged since the file has been
> > imported into the tree[0]. As I found out some minutes later, NetBSD
> > have removed the duplicate in 1999[1].
> >
> > As you can see from their commit[1], there is another duplicate
> > which has been removed from that file - "readnews". There, they
> > have removed it from:
> >
> > netnews 532/tcp
> >
> > and, even nowadays, still have it as a local alias[2]:
> >
> > readnews 119/tcp untp
> >
> > on top of the usual[2]:
> >
> > nntp 119/tcp # Network News Transfer
> > nntp 119/udp # Network News Transfer
> >
> > while IANA entries look as follows[3]:
> >
> > nntp 119 tcp Network News Transfer
> > nntp 119 udp Network News Transfer
> > netnews 532 tcp readnews
> > netnews 532 udp readnews
> >
> > FreeBSD[4] and DragonFly BSD[5]:
> >
> > nntp 119/tcp usenet #Network News Transfer Protocol
> > nntp 119/udp usenet #Network News Transfer Protocol
> > netnews 532/tcp readnews
> > netnews 532/udp readnews
> >
> > To sum it up, I wasn't sure whether to remove it from:
> >
> > nntp 119/tcp readnews untp
> >
> > or:
> >
> > netnews 532/tcp readnews
> >
> > Perhaps add "usenet" alias to the "nntp" entry while there...?
> >
> > Either way, I'm leaving it "as is", at least for now.
> >
> > In terms of the actual diff, I've also taken the liberty to update
> > the comment to the more modern/familiar - "Domain Name Server" -
> > as, nowadays, it is being used universally[2][3][4][5].
> >
> > [0] https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/~checkout~/src/etc/services?rev=1.1
> > [1]
> > http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/etc/services.diff?r1=1.30&r2=1.31&only_with_tag=MAIN&f=h
> > [2]
> > http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/~checkout~/src/etc/services?rev=1.103
> > [3]
> > https://www.iana.org/assignments/service-names-port-numbers/service-names-port-numbers.txt
> > [4] https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/plain/usr.sbin/services_mkdb/services
> > [5]
> > https://gitweb.dragonflybsd.org/dragonfly.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/etc/services
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Raf
> >
> > Index: etc/services
> > ===================================================================
> > RCS file: /cvs/src/etc/services,v
> > retrieving revision 1.102
> > diff -u -p -r1.102 services
> > --- etc/services 12 May 2021 06:50:33 -0000 1.102
> > +++ etc/services 16 May 2021 17:46:38 -0000
> > @@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ nameserver 42/tcp name # IEN
> > 116
> > whois 43/tcp nicname
> > tacacs 49/tcp tacas+ # Login Host Protocol
> > (TACACS)
> > tacacs 49/udp tacas+ # Login Host Protocol
> > (TACACS)
> > -domain 53/tcp nameserver # name-domain server
> > -domain 53/udp nameserver
> > +domain 53/tcp # Domain Name Server
> > +domain 53/udp # Domain Name Server
> > mtp 57/tcp # deprecated
> > bootps 67/tcp # BOOTP server
> > bootps 67/udp
