On Fri, 12 Dec 2003, Rick Weinbender wrote: > I've heard that the inetd process is not very secure. > Also, my email server runs fine even if I kill the inetd process. > * > Is there a way to remove it or disable it permanently. > Would this be a good thing to do? Or will it just cause > me problems down the road. See/read the "Security Quick-Start HOWTO for Linux" and here section "3.3.2. Inetd" Oliver -- ... don't touch the bang bang fruit