Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 15:57:26 +0200 From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@people.tecnik93.com> To: Joaquin Menchaca <linuxuser@finnovative.net> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Q: Why is inetd disabled? Message-ID: <20050118155726.30d3f2b6@it.buh.tecnik93.com> In-Reply-To: <41ECD139.5000508@finnovative.net> References: <41ECD139.5000508@finnovative.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 01:04:57 -0800 Joaquin Menchaca <linuxuser@finnovative.net> wrote: > Hi. > > Reading 4th ed. printed handbook, it mentions that inetd was disabled > for security purposes... > > Why? Just out of curiosity and trying to learn more... By *default* it is disabled. That is because *you* want to tell the system what to run and what not and there is no point in running services that you don't need. -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD "user"
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20050118155726.30d3f2b6>