From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Jul 30 21:12:34 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id VAA00462 for isp-outgoing; Wed, 30 Jul 1997 21:12:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from earth.interpla.net (root@earth.blacksburg.net [207.198.61.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA00454 for ; Wed, 30 Jul 1997 21:12:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from beta1.blacksburg.net (pluto.blacksburg.net [207.198.61.12]) by earth.interpla.net (8.8.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id AAA16110 for ; Thu, 31 Jul 1997 00:12:10 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19970731001518.00cbe29c@mail.blacksburg.net> X-Sender: evansl@mail.blacksburg.net X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.1 (32) Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 00:15:18 -0400 To: isp@FreeBSD.ORG From: Lyle Evans Subject: xinetd vs TCP wrappers which is better? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk There are two packages with seemingly similar function xinetd and tcpd (TCP wrappers). Am I correct in that they do essentially the same thing? Is there any advantage to using one over the other in 2.1.7 environment? Differences in resource utilization or security? Pros or Cons. TIA, Lyle Evans evansl@blacksburg.net