Chargen generates random characters I believe. Never found a use for it.
daytime sends back the date and time
echo just echos back whatever was fired into it
time send back the local time
(Note that these are my descriptions - they may not be particularly
accurate)
They are all pertty much used for test purposes.
None are necessary and none have anything to do with telnet or ftp. Leave
them switched off or firewalled.
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From: SoloCDM [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 12:16 PM
To: Linux-Mandrake Newbie
Subject: [newbie] Xinetd Based Services
What do the following xinetd based services provide?
chargen: off
chargen-udp: off
daytime: off
daytime-udp: off
echo: off
echo-udp: off
time: off
time-udp: off
Also, do the above services have anything to do with telnet or ftp?
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