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-.\" Copyright (c) 1995 Martin Schulze <joey@infodrom.north.de>
-.\"
-.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
-.\"
-.\" 1995-10-18 Martin Schulze <joey@infodrom.north.de>
-.\" * first released
-.\" 2002-09-22 Seth W. Klein <sk@sethwklein.net>
-.\" * protocol numbers are now assigned by the IANA
-.\"
-.TH protocols 5 2024-02-25 "Linux man-pages 6.7"
-.SH NAME
-protocols \- protocols definition file
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-This file is a plain ASCII file, describing the various DARPA internet
-protocols that are available from the TCP/IP subsystem.
-It should be
-consulted instead of using the numbers in the ARPA include files, or,
-even worse, just guessing them.
-These numbers will occur in the
-protocol field of any IP header.
-.P
-Keep this file untouched since changes would result in incorrect IP
-packages.
-Protocol numbers and names are specified by the IANA
-(Internet Assigned Numbers Authority).
-.\" .. by the DDN Network Information Center.
-.P
-Each line is of the following format:
-.P
-.RS
-.I protocol number aliases .\|.\|.
-.RE
-.P
-where the fields are delimited by spaces or tabs.
-Empty lines are ignored.
-If a line contains a hash mark (#), the hash mark and the part
-of the line following it are ignored.
-.P
-The field descriptions are:
-.TP
-.I protocol
-the native name for the protocol.
-For example
-.IR ip ,
-.IR tcp ,
-or
-.IR udp .
-.TP
-.I number
-the official number for this protocol as it will appear within the IP
-header.
-.TP
-.I aliases
-optional aliases for the protocol.
-.P
-This file might be distributed over a network using a network-wide
-naming service like Yellow Pages/NIS or BIND/Hesiod.
-.SH FILES
-.TP
-.I /etc/protocols
-The protocols definition file.
-.SH SEE ALSO
-.BR getprotoent (3)
-.P
-.UR http://www.iana.org\:/assignments\:/protocol\-numbers
-.UE