lfs/appendixa/netkitbase-desc.xml

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<title>Contents</title>

<para>The Netkit-base package contains the inetd and ping programs.</para>

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<sect2>
<title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>inetd</title>
<para>inetd is the mother of all daemons. It listens for connections, and 
transfers the call to the appropriate daemon.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>ping</title>
<para>ping sends ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to a host and determines its 
response time.</para></sect3>

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