Re: Why daemons are called "in.*" ?


yaba@xxxxxxxx wrote:
Does anyone know why some daemons are called in.daemon ?
(in.named, in.tftpd, etc.)

I assume it's short for INternet... they're all providing
some internet-service or other.

Of cource, you can run them so they're only accessable
on a LAN-network (i.e. intranet).

-Koppe

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