[704] in linux-security and linux-alert archive
Re: [linux-security] Denial of service in inetd
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kwest Admin)
Sun May 5 14:19:20 1996
Date: Sat, 4 May 1996 18:32:07 -0500 (CDT)
From: Kwest Admin <kwest@tpgi.com.au>
To: Peter Henning <peterh@gem.co.za>
Cc: linux-security@tarsier.cv.nrao.edu
In-Reply-To: <3189A696.348AFBC0@gem.co.za>
Greetings..
> Does anyone know whether xinetd is vulnerable to the same sort of attacks?
> If not, it should be considered as a more secure inetd replacement.
> Unfortunately the configurations files are slightly different.
I'm not sure if xinetd is vulnerable or not, but it does come with a
nifty script to convert inetd.conf to xinetd.conf - I have xinetd setup
here, I'll try to break it and let you know how I go.
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