[ILUG] Ubuntu and inet.d

[Niall O Broin]

On 28 Aug 2006, at 11:14, Kevin Philp wrote:

> I have just installed a copy of Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper) and noticed  
> that although
> inet.d was installed along with hosts.allow and hosts.deny files  
> the inet.d
> configuration file was completely empty. It doesn't appear that any  
> services
> installed are run through inet.d.

That's simply because there are none yet installed.

> So - if its not used, why is it installed?

So that programs can add themselves to it when installed.

> Should I just dump it and rely on iptables to secure outside access to
> services?

They're two entirely different things. That's like asking "Should I  
throw away my bicycle and rely on a hairdryer?"




Niall