RFC 433: Socket number list (original) (raw)

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Network Working Group Jon Postel (UCLA-NMC) Request for Comments: 433 Nancy Neigus (BBN) NIC 13491 22 December 1972 Categories: Socket Numbers References: 349

                   Socket Number List

The czar of socket numbers [Jon Postel] has established the following assignments for socket numbers used for public functions. Note that a socket number is a 40 bit quantity, the first 8 bits being the host specification, the next 24 bits being site specific, and the last 8 bits being user specified - these last 8 bits are called the AEN [it stands for, cleverly enough, Another Eightbit Number].

For the assignments here the value in the host field ranges across all hosts (unless otherwise specified), the value in the 24 bit field is zero, and the AEN is indicated here.

General Assignments:

   Sockets         Assignment

   0 - 63          Network Wide Standard Functions
   64 - 127        Host Specific Functions
   128 - 239       Reserved for Future Use
   240 - 255       Any Experimental Function

Particular Assignments:

   Socket          Assignment

   1               Telnet
   3               File Transfer
   5               Remote Job Entry
   7               Echo
   9               Discard
   19              Character Generator [e.g. TTYTST]

   65              Speech Data Base @ ll-tx-2 (74)
   67              Datacomputer @ cca (31)

   241             NCP Measurement
   243             Survey Measurement
   245             LINK

The specifications for the assigned functions can be found in the documents listed here:

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           Telnet                  [RFC 318](./rfc318)
           File Transfer           [RFC 354](./rfc354) & [RFC 385](./rfc385)
           Remote Job Entry        [RFC 407](./rfc407)
           Echo                    [RFC 347](./rfc347)
           Discard                 [RFC 348](./rfc348)
           Character Generator     [RFC 429](./rfc429)
           Speech Data Base        SUR 37
           Datacomputer            [Murray @ CCA]
           NCP Measurment          [RFC 388](./rfc388)
           Survey Data             [Kampe @ NMC]
           LINK                    [Bressler @ BBN]

It has come to our attention that there are several hosts performing useful public services on sockets which conflict with the above scheme. We hope we can resolve this problem with a minimum of disruption.

The following is a tabulation of socket numbers together with the services offered. This listing is presented as an aid to network users. If you know of a socket/function which has been left out or an entry which should be corrected or deleted please contact:

                   Jon Postel
                   3804 Boelter Hall
                   Computer Science Department
                   University of California
                   Los Angeles, CA. 90024

                   Phone: (213) 825-2368

                   NIC Ident = JBP

                           or

                   Nancy Neigus
                   Bolt Beranek and Newman
                   50 Moulton Street
                   Cambridge, Mass. 02139

                   Phone: (617) 661-0100

                   NIC Ident = NJN

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We will be pleased to include socket/function information for other than "offical" sockets [e.g Tip News].

1 UCLA-NMC 1 Telnet 241 NCP Measurement 243 Survey Data 2 SRI-ARC 1 Telnet 3 File Transfer 5 Echo 7 CPYNET 9 SYSTAT 13 DATE-TIME 3 UCSB 1 Telnet 5 UCSB RJS [not ARPANET standard] 7 Echo 9 Discard 4 UTAH 1 Telnet 3 File Transfer 5 Echo 7 CPYNET 9 SYSTAT 13 DATE-TIME 5 NCC 6 MIT-Multics 1 Telnet 9 Harvard 1 Telnet 3 Sorry File Transfer 10 LL-67 1 Telnet 11 SAIL 1 Telnet 3 File Transfer 12 ILL-ANTS 13 CASE 1 Telnet 3 File Transfer 5 Echo 7 CPYNET 9 SYSTAT 13 DATE-TIME 14 CMU 1 Telnet 3 File Transfer 15 ILLIAC-TENEX 1 Telnet 3 File Transfer

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  5    Echo
  7    CPYNET
  9    SYSTAT
  13   DATE-TIME

16 NASA-AMES 1 Telnet 3 File Transfer 5 Sorry Remote Job Entry 7 Echo 9 Discard 241 NCP Measurement 23 USC-44 31 CCA-TENEX 1 Telnet 3 File Transfer 5 Echo 9 SYSTAT 11 NETSTAT 35 UCSD 1 Telnet 65 UCLA-CCN 1 Telnet 7 Echo 9 Discard 11 NETPJS [EBCDIC] 13 NETRJS [ASCII] 15 NETRJS [TTY] 66 SRI-AI 1 Telnet 3 DATE-TIME 5 Echo 7 CPYNET 9 SYSTAT 11 Sorry NETSTAT 69 BBN-TENEX (a) 1 Telnet 3 File Transfer 5 Echo 7 CPYNET 9 SYSTAT 13 DATE-TIME 15 NETSTAT 17 Oneliners 3604505 = x'370019' = o'15600031' TIP News 70 MIT-DMCG 1 Telnet 3 File Transfer 7 Network Status 9 Discard 74 LL-TX-2 1 Telnet

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78 CMU-alt 1 Telnet 3 File Transfer 86 ISI-TENEX 1 Telnet 3 File Transfer 5 Echo 7 CPYNET 9 SYSTAT 13 DATE-TIME 133 BBN-TENEXB 1 Telnet 3 File Transfer 5 Echo 7 CPYNET 9 SYSTAT 13 DATE-TIME 15 NETSTAT 17 Oneliners 134 MIT-AI 1 Telnet 3 File Transfer 198 MIT-Mathlab 1 Telnet 3 File Transfer

Following hosts not tested

7 RAND 8 SDC-ADEPT 19 NBS-ANTS 138 LL-TSP

 [ This RFC was put into machine readable form for entry ]
  [ into the online RFC archives by James Carlson 11/98 ]

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