why is xinetd not installed by default in FC6?

[Ian Chapman]

Paul Johnson wrote:

> 
> And then in /etc/hosts.allow, I allow in only specific services and
> .....
> 
> Now in FC6 I notice that xinetd is not installed and so these host
> files have no effect. 

That's not strictly true, they'll still affect any program built with 
tcpwrappers support, regardless of whether xinetd.d is installed or not.

-- 
Ian Chapman.