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Date:      Thu, 26 Jan 2006 12:20:02 +0000
From:      Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net>
To:        playnet <playnet@mail333.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: inetd and security
Message-ID:  <8E1DD9F2-9449-45BF-9C9B-7430EAE41798@submonkey.net>
In-Reply-To: <1966051257.20060125040907@mail333.com>
References:  <1966051257.20060125040907@mail333.com>

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On 25 Jan 2006, at 01:09, Playnet wrote:

> Hello freebsd-questions,
>
>   What better for security reasons?
> Inetd, xinetd, standalone? As sample -- vsftpd.
> As i know, inetd insecure and deprecated. But what better, xinetd or
> standalone?

There's nothing inherently insecure about inetd, and I think that
our implementation is just fine.

As for {x,}inetd vs standalone, that depends entirely on your kind
of load.

Ceri
-- 
That must be wonderful!  I don't understand it at all.
                                                   -- Moliere




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