# /etc/protocols - protocol name database # # This file consists of three, whitespace separated fields. They are # id, number and name. Often there is a fourth, commented field that # gives a brief decription of the protocol. Any text that is preceded # by hash marks is considered to be a comment. # # This file was constructed using information from the Internet Assigned # Numbers Authority. See http://www.iana.org/assignments/protocol-numbers # for more information about registered protocols. # # A few of the commonly used IP protocols are listed below. ip 0 IP # IPv4 icmp 1 ICMP # Internet Control Message tcp 6 TCP # Transmission Control udp 17 UDP # User Datagram