Re: A question about some network services
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 :-)
rick@ikaluk:~$ 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.
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Conclusion: daytime is used to see the time in a remote machine.
rick@ikaluk:~$ telnet 0 discard
Trying 0.0.0.0...
Connected to 0.0.0.0.
Escape character is '^]'.
test
hello
blah
^]
telnet> quit
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Conclusion: As the name said, it's used for a test I think... He simply
ignore all your words.
rick@ikaluk:~$ telnet 0 time
Trying 0.0.0.0...
Connected to 0.0.0.0.
Escape character is '^]'.
ÀTvNConnection closed by foreign host.
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Conclusion: It's used by a program... such as NTP, because the output is
not comprehensive for us.
Eric
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