Inetd

Inetd definition - hacker
A UNIX daemon software program that responds to connection requests on a defined list of ports and then starts the executable program to deliver the services associated with those ports. This software program is sometimes known as “netd.” Inetd is a frequent target of crack attacks because of its capability to launch arbitrary programs listed in its configuration files under any desired user account, including root.

See Also: Attacks; UNIX; Vulnerabilities of Computers.

Farlex, Inc. The Free Dictionary: Inetd. [Online, 2004.] Farlex, Inc. Website. http://computing-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/inetd.

Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Bernadette Schell and Clemens Martin.
Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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