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cryptoboss 04-05-2011 03:57 PM

TCP Wrappers , XINETD is it really a must have ??
 
Hello everybody ,

I wonder what are XINETD is really for ? if we have already a firewall , why do we need to put a XINETD daemon ?

thanks in advance .

Hangdog42 04-05-2011 05:13 PM

Xinetd and a firewall are two completely different things. Xinetd is a "super" daemon that runs other daemons as a way of saving on resources.


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