I vote to parse the range.
As parsing the range makes it easier to do something I want anyway, I'll post
a patch to the bugs list shortly.
-Andrew
--- "Maynard, Chris" <Christopher.Maynard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I noticed that IANA lists a few ports in ranges. For example, x11 is
> listed as:
> x11 6000-6063/tcp X Window System
> x11 6000-6063/udp X Window System
>
> But addr_resolv.c:parse_service_line() currently expects entries in
> services(5) format, i.e., a single port only. So, should IANA be
> encouraged to change their format to avoid port ranges and comply with
> the format specified in services(5)? Or, more likely, should the
> parsing of the services file be changed so that a range of ports is
> allowed and any port within the range will be returned as the
> corresponding service name?
>
> - Chris
> References: http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers.
>
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