[12:59] <CIA-3> axeld * r18247 /haiku/branches/team/network/new_stack/ kits_network/dns/irs/lcl_pr.c: [...] [12:59] <CIA-3> In any way, I don't really get the rationale behind this protoent stuff. How about, for statistical or information tools to display stuff for protocols they don't explicitely know about... (netstat, ...) Or apps to get protocols as string argument... like, some apps allow options like -listen tcp|unix|... it both avoids having to hardcode them and allows some extensibility as long as the protocol has the same semantics as the usual ones. François.