On Wed, 27 Dec 2000, Andrew Brown wrote:

# Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 08:58:11 -0500
# From: Andrew Brown <atatat@atatdot.net>
# To: Greywolf <greywolf@starwolf.com>
# Cc: current-users@netbsd.org
# Subject: Re: protocol numbers
# 
# ># it's only an 8 bit field, after all, so the list ought not to get too
# >
# >um, 16-bit?
# 
# from the top of page 10 of rfc791:

assert(me == stupid);

Protocol.  Not port.  D'OH!

and the 511 comment:  I know that 16 bits == 65536 and not 512.  I was
being STUPID (again) and looking at PORT numbers (again).

I'll shut up now.  I was thinking Application protocol, not networking
protocol!

				--*greywolf;
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