RE: Is inetd really unreliable?

[David Harris]

I didn't think I'd evoke such a response. Here goes...

I'm happy with my inetd service and tcpserver for my qmail-smtp. I'm running a
few low-load services through inetd and it's doing fine. Perhaps if pop3 or
imap become a larger load when I deploy web based email, I'll run them with
tcpserver too.

I was just mainly trying to point out the hole in the
You-Must-Use-Tcpserver-Because-Inetd-Is-A-DoS-Risk argument - that you can
simply attack a different service.

 - David Harris
   Principal Engineer, DRH Internet Services