[ILUG] Re: Xinetd Based Services

[SoloCDM]

"Hunt, Bryan" stated the following:
> 
> they dont have anything to do with telnet or ftp, those are programs
> that if they were enabled in your xinetd configuration and someone
> connected to the port that echo (for example)was on (port 7) an
> instance of echo would be started to talk to that request (and echo
> back anything sent to it), those are all services that you dont need
> and you should not enable them.

What is used to travel to other computers within a network to activate
commands and conduct maintenance/modifications?  Actually going to the
location of the downed computer is time consuming.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: SoloCDM [mailto:deedsmis at aculink.net]
> 
> 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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