Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 09:31:26 -0400 From: Keith Stevenson <k.stevenson@louisville.edu> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Inetd and wrapping. Message-ID: <19990625093126.D23508@homer.louisville.edu> In-Reply-To: <11764.930315034@axl.noc.iafrica.com>; from Sheldon Hearn on Fri, Jun 25, 1999 at 02:50:34PM %2B0200 References: <199906251244.FAA30357@sigma.veritas.com> <11764.930315034@axl.noc.iafrica.com>
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On Fri, Jun 25, 1999 at 02:50:34PM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > On Fri, 25 Jun 1999 05:44:06 MST, Aaron Smith wrote: > > > could you please restate the argument for this? i still haven't heard a > > decent reason for this sort of conf format perturbation. > > I'm so tempted to say "me too". :-) > > John Baldwin has suggested that he had functionality with inetd + tcpd > that he doesn't have any more with inetd + libwrap. As much as I appreciate the work that has gone into adding this feature to inetd, I'm starting to wonder if it is causing more harm than good. One of the things I good-naturedly complain about to my Linux-using friends is the large number of seemingly gratuitous changes which make Linux different that other similar operating systems. As well-intentioned as adding libwrap support to inetd was, I'm having trouble finding a justification for the change. What is possible now that wasn't possible with tcpd from the ports collection? Why incorporate libwrap (and make our inetd functionally different from everyone else's) instead of bringing tcpd into the base system? I realize that I'm more than a bit late in raising these issues. I didn't even realize that libwrap had been added to inetd until Mark Murray told me at USENIX. (Somehow I missed all of the announcements.) Assuming that it is too late to undo the changes to inetd, I'd like to urge that we not also start tinkering with the format of inetd.conf. I'm just not comfortable with creating "FreeBSD-isms" when there isn't a clear improvement in functionality. Regards, --Keith Stevenson-- -- Keith Stevenson System Programmer - Data Center Services - University of Louisville k.stevenson@louisville.edu PGP key fingerprint = 4B 29 A8 95 A8 82 EA A2 29 CE 68 DE FC EE B6 A0 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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