On 12 May Eric Schuele wrote: > Derek Ragona wrote: > >Yes it is still true today. The default system now has inetd running > >nothing. And the ports now install rc scripts for these reasons. > > Not arguing here... everything I've found on the web says something > similar. > > But why do we have inetd? I assume it solved a problem in the past, > that no longer exists. Not to mention its spotted security history. > > >For network daemons, when they are running in a listen mode there is > >no real overhead on the system.
OK, I run inetd for just these two services: # # FAM: File Alteration Monitor [devel/fam] sgi_fam/1-2 stream rpc/tcp wait root /usr/local/bin/fam fam # # an appropriate block rule to your pf.conf # ftp-proxy stream tcp nowait root /usr/libexec/ftp-proxy ftp-proxy If inetd is a security risk how can I change these things to work without inetd? As I understand thare is no other way, but I'm very keen on learning ;-) -- dick -- http://nagual.st/ -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE ++ Running FreeBSD 6.1 ++ The Power to Serve _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
