Introducing InetD

InetD

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Introducing InetD

InetD is a super server that lets you enable and disable various daemon services through a single application. It determines the network services to which your PC responds when a client makes an incoming network request.

Instead of running separate server applications for each service, InetD conserves workstation resources by monitoring connection attempts in the background and starting the appropriate daemon when it receives a network request. You can enable or disable daemons to accommodate your local requirements. For example, you can use FTPd to distribute corporate files from a server. Clients would connect to the server and use FTP to download the files. The InetD daemon is based on asynchronous notification. It uses no CPU time and only a small amount of memory when waiting for incoming requests.

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With Windows NT, if you create a TelnetAccess or FTPAccess groups in the user administration program, the NT user must be a member of these groups to access the machine using Telnet or FTP. No security check is performed if the group does not exist, and access is allowed for every NT user account.

In Windows 98/Me environments, InetD runs automatically when placed in the Startup folder. In Windows NT/2000/XP/Server 2003 environments, InetD is installed as a service.

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The InetD daemon is installed in the Control Panel during Setup.

InetD handles both TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) and UDP (User Datagram Protocol) servers.