[svlug] Sniff, sniff, revisited

J C Lawrence claw at under.engr.sgi.com
Thu Aug 27 10:40:51 PDT 1998


On Thu, 27 Aug 1998 03:17:24 -0700 
Rick Moen<rick at hugin.imat.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 26, 1998 at 07:23:11PM -0700, J C Lawrence wrote:
>> I've not heard not xinetd and can find remarkably little about it
>> in searches (most info sites seem to be dead).  What advantages
>> does it have over TCP wrappers?

> Some _very_ cool logging features.  On the minus side, it has more
> complex code than does tcpd, which is bad for security-sensitive
> tools.  Jim Dennis and I just discussed the comparison, and I'm
> about to switch back to tcpd, on reflection.

Would you mind expounding on that comparison?

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