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Date:	Sun, 29 Feb 2004 12:19:11 PST8
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: netstat -s radius ?

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Steven Levine wrote:
>
> >I've seen a couple of other NETSTAT ports "labeled"
> >this past week with monickers I've never heard of.
>
> There are lots of monikers out there.
> Some were never more than lab rats.

But where does netstat get the monickers/monikers (both are valid
variants)?

> >Maybe it's an optional part of the protocol handshake
> >that lets a server identify itself by name or type and
> >NETSTAT dutifully reports it.
>
> Nope. It's not optional. The port number is part of
> every packet. Your version of netstat is doing
> something internally to decode it.

I know the port is in there. I want to know how netstat gets the
monicker/moniker.

> >The WSeB server has it, though -- ports 1812/1813.
> >I didn't look there. 'Til now. :)
>
> Take a look at the size of the file compared
> to the services file on your production system.

WSeB:
3-23-99 8:55a 217538 0 services

My W4FP10:
8-06-00 9:57p 42737 0 services

- Peter

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