Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 11:48:25 -0400 From: Ryan Kelley <kelleyry@bc.edu> To: Alex Popa <razor@ldc.ro>, freebsd-security <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: xinetd versus inetd Message-ID: <39B6595C@netfin6.bc.edu>
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I could be wrong (it's happened before) but as far as i know the main difference is that inetd is subject to DoS attacks, as it will suck up as much memory as it wants filling requests. xinetd prevents against this. on a semi-related note, where's tcpserver in this equation, and is anyone running non-qmail services in tcpserver? -ryan >===== Original Message From Alex Popa <razor@ldc.ro> ===== >Could someone point out what the differences between the two are, and >why I should use one or the other? > >Thanks in advance, > Alex > >------------+------------------------------------------ >Alex Popa, |There never was a good war or a bad peace >razor@ldc.ro| -- B. Franklin >------------+------------------------------------------ >"It took the computing power of three C-64s to fly to the Moon. >It takes a 486 to run Windows 95. Something is wrong here." > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message -- Ryan Kelley kelleyry@bc.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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