[ Thanks to Matthew
Marlowe for this link. ]
“At the level of host based security, both TCP Wrappers and
XINETD play significant roles in controlling access, logging, and
attack detection against standard network services.”
“In general, TCP Wrappers has been easier to deploy and is
included in most Unix/Linux distributions these days. XINETD is
newer and provides a more comprehensive approach to the host based
security problem, but is more disruptive in it’s
implementation.”
“…Because of the more comprehensive approach used by XINETD,
we recommend it for security conscious sites.”