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What is a ToD server, "Time of Day" (Not NTP)

I got a simple task: Setup a ToD server... It is not NTP. It runs on port 37. It seems to be bundled with inetd or xinetd. Shall be installed on Debian or CentOS. Alternatively FreeBSD (pfsense router). Any hint on how to proceed? Two starter links…
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Using /etc/services for in-house well-known ports

I couldn't find anything much about this, but I'm interested what are pros and cons (if any) in using /etc/services for in-house software? On my Linux distro (Ubuntu 14.04) at the end of /etc/services is a comment: # Local services hinting that it…
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Inetd / xinetd isn't working under cygwin, why?

I am trying to use xinetd (or inetd) with netcat to act as a TCP proxy. This setup works on Linux without issue. Under Cygwin, either as a service or from the a Cygwin command line, the (x)inetd fails to open netcat, with the error "no such file or…
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inetd and echo service

inetd - From Wikipedia, inetd (internet service daemon) is a super-server daemon on many Unix systems that provides Internet services. For each configured service, it listens for requests from connecting clients. Requests are served by spawning a…
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Appropriate substitute for inetd on Windows platform?

What is the appropriate Windows XP or later way to summon a remote communications process that would be analogous to inetd on Unix/Linux? For example, how does VNC client connect to the VNC server on Windows? I have an application on Linux that I…
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TCPWrappers still in use?

According to my current understanding, tcpwrappers can be used via inetd or xinetd. Lately I have been informed that inetd/xinetd came into existence to make more efficient use of hardware in earlier days and are therefore seen rarely nowadays. My…
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How complex of a daemon should be run through inetd?

What is the general rule for which daemons should be started up through inetd? Currently, on my server, sshd, apache and sendmail are set up to run all the time, where simple *NIX services are set up to be started by inetd. I'm the only one who uses…
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Correct way to modify startup options for svc:/network/finger:default in Solaris 10?

I want to make "finger" harmless on Solaris 10, and I see this in the man page; OPTIONS fingerd supports the following option. -s Enable secure mode. Deny forwarding of queries to other remote hosts. Is it possible to change the start-up…
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Bind telnetd to specific IP on AIX 5.3?

Is it possible to bind telnetd to a specific IP on AIX 5.3? I know telnet is evil. Unfortunately, we have to have it listening on one interface for a specific application, but I want to make sure that's the only interface/IP that it's listening…
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approx via inetd is not open to connection for others machines

I have an approx server to speed up Debian apt updates, on my Ubuntu 11.04 desktop PC, it had ran fine in the past, but today le 9999 port is open from localhost, but not for others PC. I have not modified inetd configuration at all. What can I…
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WSAECONNREFUSED SAP Gui unable to connect on SAP server on hp ux - inetd.conf file reference

I have a sap server installed on HP-UX vm, up and running. when I try to connect to the server from SAP client GUI installed on windows machine I get the following error --------------------------- SAP GUI for Windows…
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ftp/tcp server failing (looping)

I'm getting frequent errors in /var/log/messages and the ftp service is getting stopped and started over and over. I haven't got any clue behind this error message and what is happening during these errors is logged. May 4 04:11:23 node1…
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What services does hosts.allow NOT affect?

I know that hosts.allow and host.deny only affect things that are tcpwrappered, but what does this mean in practice? It seems that most people use hosts.allow to handle ssh and nfs blocking, but what other services are typically handled there? And…
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VNC over xinetd doesn't starts vncserver

in Debian Lenny, using TightVNC 1.3.9 I can setup a VNC server manually by using vncserver -query localhost -once -geometry 1024x768 -depth 16 :1 But then, as I have read is a better option, I use xinetd with the following configuration: service…
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Installed xinetd, started it but said 'removing' on several services including one I configured in /etc/xinetd.d/

I am new to xinetd, but trying to mimic an old machine on site that is using it. So I copied the configs on that machine (changing names where appropriate) and then tried to start xinetd. Then realizd, it is not installed on my fresh centos7…
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