From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jun 10 18: 1:43 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hecky.it.northwestern.edu (hecky.acns.nwu.edu [129.105.16.51]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0F9437B68C for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2000 18:01:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from djkanter@nwu.edu) Received: (from mailnull@localhost) by hecky.it.northwestern.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA13522 for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2000 20:01:39 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost.localdomain (coconut-4-028024.nuts.nwu.edu [165.124.28.24]) by hecky.acns.nwu.edu via smap (V2.0) id xma013496; Sat, 10 Jun 00 20:01:21 -0500 Received: (from david@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA30668 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Sat, 10 Jun 2000 19:38:30 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from david) Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 19:38:30 -0500 From: "David J. Kanter" To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Inetd Question Message-ID: <20000610193830.B24409@localhost.localdomain> References: <001201bfd23f$c866dbe0$070101c0@ruraltel.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <001201bfd23f$c866dbe0$070101c0@ruraltel.net>; from darryl@osborne-ind.com on Fri, Jun 09, 2000 at 01:23:16PM -0500 X-Organization: Northwestern University X-Operating-System: FreeBSD localhost.localdomain 3.4-STABLE FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Jun 09, 2000 at 01:23:16PM -0500, Darryl Hoar wrote: > If I have a machine that is just using PPP on a dialup to > provide internet access for my lan, do I need to run inetd ? ---end quoted text--- This is something I'm wrestling with myself, and I think the answer is "no." I don't plan on telneting, ftping, etc. into this box, so why offer it. -- David Kanter djkanter@nwu.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message