Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 14:26:35 +0100 From: Dom Mitchell <Dom.Mitchell@palmerharvey.co.uk> To: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie> Cc: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Inetd and wrapping. Message-ID: <19990621142634.A10715@palmerharvey.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <9906211413.aa28663@salmon.maths.tcd.ie>; from David Malone on Mon, Jun 21, 1999 at 02:13:49PM %2B0100 References: <86080.929966430@axl.noc.iafrica.com> <9906211413.aa28663@salmon.maths.tcd.ie>
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On Mon, Jun 21, 1999 at 02:13:49PM +0100, David Malone wrote: > > Folks, public feedback on the following portion of David's mail would be > > much appreciated. Since resolution of UDP wrapping would bring about the > > execution of the "we want tcpd" campaign, it's obviously something that > > both David and I would like to see finished off. > > I got one person who suggested a flag in inetd.conf which could disable > wrapping for a service. This seems like quite a good idea if we can come > up with an acceptable syntax for the flag. inetd.conf is one of those things, like newsyslog.conf which is long past due for an overhaul... -- Dom Mitchell -- Palmer & Harvey McLane -- Unix Systems Administrator "Always think very hard before messing with TCP. And then don't." -- MC -- ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. ********************************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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