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List:       fedora-devel-list
Subject:    Re: Xinetd resurrection
From:       Ralf Ertzinger <fedora () camperquake ! de>
Date:       2009-09-18 12:34:03
Message-ID: 20090918143403.3f2c3c50 () dhcp03 ! addix ! net
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Hi.

On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:24:18 -0400, Steve Grubb wrote:

> I also think that the reason xinetd came into existence in the first
> place has long since passed. The original intent was to save memory
> by not having half a dozen servers running. (Remember the early
> 1990's systems.) Today we have plenty of memory in computers and the
> reason for xinetd is gone.

I always thought that one reason for xinetd was the capability of running
network servers without actually having any network code in the server.

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