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Re: Transport name resolution
From: Jakub Zawadzki <darkjames-ws () darkjames pl>
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 21:55:01 +0200
On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 03:17:54PM -0400, Jeff Morriss wrote:
On 09/16/13 14:57, Guy Harris wrote:On Sep 16, 2013, at 7:20 AM, Anders Broman <anders.broman () ericsson com> wrote:In serv_name_lookup() we call getservbyport() for ports not resolved in the IANA port list the function Seems quite expensive so my question is does it add any value or can I remove it?At least on UN*Xes, getservbyport() does one or more of: 1) look in /etc/services, which is probably based on a (possibly-out-of-date) version of, err, umm, the IANA port list; 2) query some network service to do a lookup - and that service is probably using its own database, based on a (possibly-out-of-date) version of, err, umm, the IANA port list.... possibly with some modifications for local use. But I imagine the number of people who actually go through the trouble to run a customized service database to be sufficiently few that it's not worth slowing everyone else down for.
It sounds for me as a good Preference option. ___________________________________________________________________________ Sent via: Wireshark-dev mailing list <wireshark-dev () wireshark org> Archives: http://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev Unsubscribe: https://wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-dev mailto:wireshark-dev-request () wireshark org?subject=unsubscribe
Current thread:
- Re: Transport name resolution, (continued)
- Re: Transport name resolution Jeff Morriss (Sep 16)
- Re: Transport name resolution Anders Broman (Sep 16)
- Re: Transport name resolution Guy Harris (Sep 16)
- Re: Transport name resolution Dirk Jagdmann (Sep 16)
- Re: Transport name resolution Bill Meier (Sep 16)
- Re: Transport name resolution Guy Harris (Sep 16)
- Re: Transport name resolution Dirk Jagdmann (Sep 16)
- Re: Transport name resolution Jeff Morriss (Sep 16)
- Re: Transport name resolution Jeff Morriss (Sep 16)
- Re: Transport name resolution Guy Harris (Sep 16)
- Re: Transport name resolution Jeff Morriss (Sep 17)
- Re: Transport name resolution Jakub Zawadzki (Sep 16)