Does SuSE have any plans to make changes in this area (inet config files)? -- Robert C. Paulsen, Jr. robert@paulsenonline.net
On Tue, Aug 06, 2002 at 08:45:23AM -0700, Christopher Mahmood wrote:
* Robert C. Paulsen Jr. (robert@paulsenonline.net) [020806 08:12]:
Does SuSE have any plans to make changes in this area (inet config files)?
What changes do you recommend?
I don't have any recommendation, but this is one area where SuSE and RH differ. It doesn't appear to be covered by the LSB. I was just wondering if SuSE had any plans in this area, expecially with United Linux -- I'm not sure how the other UL partners handle this area. -- Robert C. Paulsen, Jr. robert@paulsenonline.net
* Robert C. Paulsen Jr. (robert@paulsenonline.net) [020806 09:37]:
What changes do you recommend?
I don't have any recommendation, but this is one area where SuSE and RH differ.
I'm still not sure what you are asking. If you're wondering why we default to inetd instead of xinetd it's because of xinetd's security history. inetd isn't great, but it hasn't had any remote exploits (it is vunerable to DoS attacks though) either. -- -ckm
On Tue, Aug 06, 2002 at 10:27:35AM -0700, Christopher Mahmood wrote:
* Robert C. Paulsen Jr. (robert@paulsenonline.net) [020806 09:37]:
What changes do you recommend?
I don't have any recommendation, but this is one area where SuSE and RH differ.
I'm still not sure what you are asking. If you're wondering why we default to inetd instead of xinetd it's because of xinetd's security history. inetd isn't great, but it hasn't had any remote exploits (it is vunerable to DoS attacks though) either.
OK, thanks. Reason I asked was that in the past I have had minor difficulty transferring a set of apps developed on SuSE to a Yellow Dog system. One of the small thorns was the difference between ineted & xinetd. Took a while to get dhcp, ftp, etc all working right. I was hoping that all distros would converge in this area but was disappointed when i found that LSB didn't address this. -- Robert C. Paulsen, Jr. robert@paulsenonline.net
* Robert C. Paulsen Jr. (robert@paulsenonline.net) [020806 10:59]:
OK, thanks. Reason I asked was that in the past I have had minor difficulty transferring a set of apps developed on SuSE to a Yellow Dog system. One of the small thorns was the difference between ineted & xinetd. Took a while to get dhcp, ftp, etc all working right.
We include xinetd with a complete xinetd.conf, it just doesn't get installed by default. -- -ckm
participants (2)
-
Christopher Mahmood -
Robert C. Paulsen Jr.