Re: Xinetd resurrection

[Ralf Ertzinger <fedora camperquake de>]

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.