A question about some network services

[eim <eim@eimbox.org>]

A question about some network services
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Hallo Debian folks,

By default, on my debian boxes, I disable this network
services which are enabled automaticly during a fresh
Debian stable aka "potato" installtion:

	* daytime
	* time
	* discard


All this services are stareted from inet.d / xinet.d
so I can easily disable them via "update-inetd", 
so my only question is: 

	Why are this services enabled by default and
	for 'what' exactly do we need them ?


Thanks to anyone for help and suggestions !

Have a nice time,

 - Ivo

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 Ivo Marino                    eim@eimbox.org
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