<sect2> <title>Contents</title> <para>The Netkit-base package contains the inetd and ping programs.</para> </sect2> <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> </sect2>