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Date:      Sat, 27 Mar 1999 04:18:24 +1200
From:      Andrew McNaughton <andrew@squiz.co.nz>
To:        marker@uswest.net
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: xinetd vs. tcp_wrappers 
Message-ID:  <199903261618.EAA16015@aniwa.sky>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 25 Mar 1999 14:40:13 CST." <19990325204041.951BF15371@hub.freebsd.org> 

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marker@trolldom.oss.uswest.net said:
> My understanding is that xinetd is meant to be a complete replacement
> for the inetd/tcp_wrappers bunndle. As such, it is expected to have
> the functionality of both. I have, however, been unable to get xinetd
> to
> 
> 	1) send me mail when someone touches my machines in a
> 	   way i've not said is ok,

Supposing someone is sniffing your network, and you are reading your mail from another machine, does this mail give away any otherwise unknown information about the configuration of the machine?

Andrew McNaughton

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