why is xinetd not installed by default in FC6?

[Paul Johnson]

On 11/21/06, Todd Zullinger <tmz at pobox.com> wrote:
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> Paul Johnson wrote:
> > Now in FC6 I notice that xinetd is not installed and so these host
> > files have no effect.  of course, I can install xinetd, but I'm
> > suspecting that the FC6 designers want me to do something else in
> > order to control access. How does one achieve the same effect without
> > using xinetd?
>
> What does xinetd not being installed have to do with ssh checking
> hosts.{deny,allow}?

Oh, I see.  it is possible to have a program that uses tcpwrappers
without going through xinetd. I did not understand before.  Now i do
see in the opensh source's INSTALL file the option that compiles in
tcp-wrappers.

--with-tcp-wrappers will enable TCP Wrappers (/etc/hosts.allow|deny)

But now I don't understand what role xinetd is/was performing side by
side with the tcpwrap protection inside ssh's build.

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