I saw the fact that inet_create() blocks the creation of protocol number "0" for a raw socket. I thought the protocol number "0" is RESERVED and is not "NOT USED". Who did this and why ? - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html