Ok, So I've been lazy over the past 3 years with the SCO server I maintain, as it just primarily hosts my private networked proprietary software, until now.
We have dedicated net access, in which the SCO server is not setup for and not going to be setup to connect to the internet by any direct means.
So I decided to get SuSE 8.0 professional for a firewall, and being the 'obsessive' person that I am I have over indulged myself with security issues. Which brings me to 'inetd.conf'. I got the Security Essentials by Tom Roxon, if memory serves me correctly, and I dove in head first. So I have decided to impower some of the linux security stuff on the main SCO server which leads me to
inetd.
I shutdown all most all the services, except a few that (barring my ignorance) feel that I need to keep running. This leaving me with some questions about 'chargen', 'discard', 'tcpmux' 'time' and 'daytime'.
Can someone helpme out with what these do as 'services', and any info as to what they do, exactly or somewhere in the same ballpark at least. My man pages dont say squat about chargen and discard.
Also, if I turn them off as services started by inetd, will they still be available for onetime use in other area that may "require" them?
Sorry this was so long, but thanks in advance for any information you may contribute!
P.S. I also learned that cp'ing the .profile from "/" and then editing it was not such a good idea.