Hi Eric,
Yes it is a service, but the latency time for starting services through
inetd causes problems with generating long keys in sshd, so it is best to
put it in the rc files. You can put it in inetd, but you would have to
shorten the keys making it easier for crackers to crack the key.
Carl
On 17-Jun-00 Eric Moore wrote:
> Why is SSH2D started through the rc.local file instead of inetd?
>
> Isn't SSH a service?
>
> I thought it was a safety feature to use inetd (and tcpd) to start
> network services.
>
> Thanks, EM
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