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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nexus.coast.net!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.uoregon.edu!psgrain!nntp.teleport.com!ip-pdx2-55.teleport.com!oaktree From: oaktree@teleport.com Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: xinetd (enhanced sys daemon) for BSD? Date: Wed, 21 Jun 1995 00:22:14 Organization: Teleport - Portland's Public Access (503) 220-1016 Lines: 26 Message-ID: <oaktree.15.00005EED@teleport.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ip-pdx2-55.teleport.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] BSD users: I've been doing a little reading from the O'Reilly & Associates' book called 'Managing Internet Information Services' (pub. Dec. 94). The book mentions a drop-in replacement for the standard system inetd daemon called xinetd. I like some of its features the book takes about, such as configuring it: - to accept connections from only certain IP addresses - to accept connections from only authorized users - to reject connections outside of authorized hours - log selected services when connections are accepted or rejected These features sound like a good start to protecting our site. Maybe these features can be setup without xinetd in BSD, I don't know. Since I'm new to BSD, there may be other options. Apparently xinetd is (was) available at ftp.mystique.cs.colorado.edu for SunOS 4x and Ultrix 4x. and for other platforms (such as BSD) the Makefile and C source header files would need editing. Is anyone using xinetd with BSD? Is it worth the upgrade? Are binaries available for BSD 2.0? Other opinions, suggestions. . . . . Thanks in advance. -- Dave