On Tue, 2002-11-26 at 23:41, Qian Gong wrote:
> It is said that the service discard in inetd is just for testing and can
> be removed. What's the origin of this service and what is the purpose? 
> Thanks in advance.

Basically, discard can be described as a protocol used to debug network
traffic. It takes your data, and throws it away. As far I know,
leaving it on makes your system prone for DOS attacks.

At least that is what I know ... ;)

Cheers

Matt


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