Ubuntu
netbase package

outdated /etc/protocols, need update

Bug #123924 reported by Sebastien Decugis
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: netbase

Not really a bug, more like a feature request: the /etc/protocols file content is quite outdated.
The current list ends with: 133 FC Fiber Channel.
But Iana has already defined new entries, up to 137.
Please see http://www.iana.org/assignments/protocol-numbers for the complete list.

The bug resolution would be to add these entries in the file:
   134 RSVP-E2E-IGNORE [RFC3175]
   135 Mobility Header [RFC3775]
   136 UDPLite [RFC3828]
   137 MPLS-in-IP [RFC4023]

Thank you!
Sebastien.

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Neal McBurnett (nealmcb) wrote :

And two more are now standardized:
   138 manet MANET Protocols [RFC-ietf-manet-iana-07.txt]
   139 HIP Host Identity Protocol [RFC-ietf-hip-base-10.txt]

Changed in netbase:
status: New → Confirmed
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Changed in netbase:
status: Unknown → New
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Changed in netbase:
status: New → Fix Released
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Daniel Hahler (blueyed) wrote :

134 and 135 are still missing, but 136-139 have been added (I've checked Ubuntu Lucid).

I suppose 134 and 135 have not been added, since they are "historical" maybe.
From the file itself:
# New protocols will be added on request if they have been officially
# assigned by IANA and are not historical.
# If you need a huge list of used numbers please install the nmap package.

I'm closing this as Fix Released, according to the Debian bug.

In case I'm wrong, please re-open it (but contact the Debian maintainer, too).

Thank you.

Changed in netbase (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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