On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, Anne Carasik wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 07:45:21PM +0200, eim wrote: > > A question about some network services > > ====================================== > > > > Hallo Debian folks, > > > > By default, on my debian boxes, I disable this network > > services which are enabled automaticly during a fresh > > Debian stable aka "potato" installtion: > > > > * daytime > > * time > > * discard > > Very simple.. play with telnet :-) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ telnet 0 daytime Trying 0.0.0.0... Connected to 0.0.0.0. Escape character is '^]'. Tue Apr 2 13:24:03 2002 Connection closed by foreign host. --- Conclusion: daytime is used to see the time in a remote machine. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ telnet 0 discard Trying 0.0.0.0... Connected to 0.0.0.0. Escape character is '^]'. test hello blah ^] telnet> quit --- Conclusion: As the name said, it's used for a test I think... He simply ignore all your words. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ telnet 0 time Trying 0.0.0.0... Connected to 0.0.0.0. Escape character is '^]'. ÀTvNConnection closed by foreign host. --- Conclusion: It's used by a program... such as NTP, because the output is not comprehensive for us. Eric -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
