rlinetd security

[Sebastiaan <S.Breedveld@ITS.TUDelft.NL>]

Hello,

I found out that rlinetd seems like a great replacement for inetd, because
it lets you choose which services may be available for the outside world
and which only for the inner network. So, standard services like echo,
daytime, chargen, ftp, etc. are only available for the LAN, while it is
not possible to connect to these ports from the internet.

But, how secure is this? Is it really what it seems? 

Thanks in advance,
Sebastiaan



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