Summary: Always use getservbyport. Contributor: Decklin Foster <decklin@red-bean.com> Index: netcat-1.10/netcat.c =================================================================== --- netcat-1.10.orig/netcat.c 2006-03-24 12:26:39.000000000 -0500 +++ netcat-1.10/netcat.c 2006-03-24 12:26:40.000000000 -0500 @@ -462,8 +462,10 @@ if (pstring) /* one or the other, pleeze */ return (0); x = pnum; - if (o_nflag) /* go faster, skip getservbyblah */ - goto gp_finish; + /* disabled, see bug #98902. if this is *really* slowing someone + * down I'll reconsider. */ + /* if (o_nflag) */ /* go faster, skip getservbyblah */ + /* goto gp_finish; */ y = htons (x); /* gotta do this -- see Fig.1 below */ servent = getservbyport (y, whichp); if (servent) {