Xinetd is an open-source daemon that manages the Internet connections on many modern Unix and Unix-like servers. It offers improved security over the traditional inetd daemon, and has replaced inetd in most modern versions of Linux, BSD, and macOS. Xinetd performs a similar function to its predecessor. It listens for incoming network traffic and launches the appropriate service, such as FTP, HTTP, or UDP, to handle the traffic.

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