According to SoloCDM:
> What do the following xinetd based services provide?
>> chargen: off
> chargen-udp: off
Spits out a constant stream of ASCII
> daytime: off
> daytime-udp: off
Current date and time
> echo: off
> echo-udp: off
Returns whatever you feed it
> time: off
> time-udp: off
Current time
> Also, do the above services have anything to do with telnet or ftp?
Nope. Telnet and Ftp are entirely separate services. It's usually best to
have the above serices turned off.
Cheers,
Waider.
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