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Re: xinetd vs. inetd



try tcpserver is suppose to be very secure replacement for inetd, it
was written by the same guy who wrote qmail - secure replacement for
sendmail.


On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 09:05:17PM -0800, Nate Amsden wrote:
> "S.Salman Ahmed" wrote:
> 
> > Finally, the sole reply to my posting. Thanks for the info. One of these
> > days when I reinstall Debian on my FW system, I will use xinetd instead
> > of inetd.
> 
> curious what do you need (x)inetd for on a firewall? perhaps the only
> daemon running on such a system is ssh..which by default runs outside of
> inetd/xinetd.
> 
> although xinetd is better, if it were my firewall i wouldnt have either.
> 
> nate
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