The
protocols
file contains information regarding the known protocols used in the
DARPA
Internet.
For each protocol a single line should be present
with the following information:
official protocol name
protocol number
aliases
Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or
tab characters.
A ``#'' indicates the beginning of
a comment; characters up to the end of the line are
not interpreted by routines which search the file.
Protocol names may contain any printable
character other than a field delimiter, newline,
or comment character.