Re: TCPMUX (RFC 1078) status

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On 8/10/2013 1:43 AM, Martin Sustrik wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Does anyone have any idea how widely is TCPMUX (RFC 1078) protocol used?
> Is it the case that there are inetd daemons in TCPMUX mode running
> everywhere, or can it be rather considered a dead protocol?
> 
> Specifically, if I implement a new TCPMUX daemon how likely I am to
> clash with an existing TCPMUX daemon listening on port 1?
> 


It's in the FreeBSD inetd, among others, but to to my
knowledge, nobody actually turns it on.  There are
probably security issues.

-- 
Wes Eddy
MTI Systems




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