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| author | jmg <jmg@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-06-12 04:45:53 +0000 |
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| committer | jmg <jmg@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-06-12 04:45:53 +0000 |
| commit | ed984ecb0f394f30f1afbacc16d477ef11cb5c89 (patch) | |
| tree | 0df40b4fd61411a8b8758967b65a1322b64054c6 /net/rinetd/pkg-descr | |
| parent | b68bef88b03e2954154c05e091fbb2ef645c9093 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-ports-ed984ecb0f394f30f1afbacc16d477ef11cb5c89.zip FreeBSD-ports-ed984ecb0f394f30f1afbacc16d477ef11cb5c89.tar.gz | |
rinetd - simple TCP-only port redirector program.
Submitted by: Alex Perel <veers@disturbed.net> aka Storm-
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diff --git a/net/rinetd/pkg-descr b/net/rinetd/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d83bf4d --- /dev/null +++ b/net/rinetd/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +rinetd redirects TCP connections from one IP address and port to another. +rinetd is a single-process server which handles any number of connections to +the address/port pairs specified in the file /etc/rinetd.conf. Since rinetd +runs as a single process using nonblocking I/O, it is able to redirect a +large number of connections without a severe impact on the machine. This +makes it practical to run TCP services on machines inside an IP masquerading +firewall. rinetd does not redirect FTP, because FTP requires more than one +socket. + +rinetd also supports basic allow/deny access control and logging. + +-- Alex Perel <veers@disturbed.net> |
