On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 07:45:21PM +0200, eim wrote:
> A question about some network services
> ======================================
>
> 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 ?
Well, daytime spits out the time of day, time is for NTP,
and I'm not sure what discard is used for.
I usually turn off inetd completely. It helps makes things
quieter on a nessus scan :)
-Anne
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