echo, chargen and discard are used mainly for diagnostic purposes, I actually used chargen and discard the other day as part of a network throughput test (tcpspray connects to the discard port and tests how long it takes to send across large amounts of random characters). daytime and time aren't used much anymore, ntp is a much more robust form of network time sychronization.
-- Doug Geiger [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.wpi.edu/~runexe/ When all else fails, pour a pint of Guinness in the gas tank, advance the spark 20 degrees, cry "God Save the Queen!", and pull the starter knob. -- MG "Series MGA" Workshop Manual ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Shutko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Nate Bargmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <debian-security@lists.debian.org> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 9:43 AM Subject: Re: inetd questions > Nate Bargmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > In particular, how critical are the internal services of echo, > > chargen, discard, daytime, and time. > > Completely and totally non-critical. In fact, I don't know if they're > actually used by anything these days. > > -- > Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - In a variety of flavors! > If this fortune didn't exist, somebody would have invented it. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
