[PATCH]: contrib/cygwin/ssh-host-config

Jason Stone jason at dfmm.org
Thu Mar 8 00:34:04 EST 2001


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> > while the IANA proposes `ssh 22/tcp' and `ssh 22/udp' as services
> > entries.
> 
> Which brings me to a thing that I have always wondered about.
> 
> What is "ssh 22/udp" good for?  I see this for many standard TCP
> services in recent /etc/services files, but it makes no sense.  SSH is
> not UDP, and will never be, so why make "22/udp" an official port
> number for it?

Per rfc 1700, when you reserve a tcp port, you're supposed to also reserve
the udp port.  (In case you someday change your mind (a la nfs), or just
to simplify stuff, I would imagine).


 -Jason

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