On Tue, 2002-11-26 at 23:41, Qian Gong wrote: > It is said that the service discard in inetd is just for testing and can > be removed. What's the origin of this service and what is the purpose? > Thanks in advance. Basically, discard can be described as a protocol used to debug network traffic. It takes your data, and throws it away. As far I know, leaving it on makes your system prone for DOS attacks. At least that is what I know ... ;) Cheers Matt