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Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2022 11:32:09 UTC
The branch main has been updated by gbe (doc committer):
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=899edecdbe92f678c3c96572c8877cdbc6763e9a
commit 899edecdbe92f678c3c96572c8877cdbc6763e9a
Author: Gordon Bergling <gbe@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2022-12-07 11:31:44 +0000
Commit: Gordon Bergling <gbe@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2022-12-07 11:31:44 +0000
protocols.5: Update the description of /etc/protocols
The reference to the "DARPA Internet" seems not quite
up to date in 2022, so move that to the HISTORY section.
Mention RFC 2780 and RFC 5237.
Obtained from: NetBSD
MFC after: 3 days
---
share/man/man5/protocols.5 | 21 ++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/share/man/man5/protocols.5 b/share/man/man5/protocols.5
index 1ccf0ce2be61..16c02c207496 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/protocols.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/protocols.5
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\" @(#)protocols.5 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd June 5, 1993
+.Dd December 7, 2020
.Dt PROTOCOLS 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -37,9 +37,8 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
-file contains information regarding the known protocols used in the
-.Tn DARPA
-Internet.
+file contains information regarding the assigned protocol numbers
+used by IPv4 and IPv6 to identify the next level protocol.
For each protocol a single line should be present
with the following information:
.Bd -unfilled -offset indent
@@ -67,10 +66,22 @@ file resides in
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr getprotoent 3
+.Rs
+.%R RFC 2780
+.%D March 2000
+.%T "IANA Allocation Guidelines For Values In the \
+Internet Protocol and Related Headers"
+.Re
+.Rs
+.%R RFC 5237
+.%D February 2008
+.%T "IANA Allocation Guidelines for the Protocol Field"
+.Re
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
file format appeared in
-.Bx 4.2 .
+.Bx 4.2 ,
+describing the "known protocols used in the DARPA Internet".
.Sh BUGS
A name server should be used instead of a static file.