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Re: rlinetd security



this stuff can also be controlled using hosts.deny and hosts.allow. so
then any inetd prog will do!

On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 09:21:56AM +0200, Sebastiaan wrote:
> 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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> 
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