NAME tcpd - access control facility for internet services DESCRIPTION The tcpd program can be set up to monitor incoming requests for telnet, finger, ftp, exec, rsh, rlogin, tftp, talk, comsat and other services that have a one-to-one mapping onto executable files. Operation is as follows: whenever a request for service arrives, the inetd daemon is tricked into running the tcpd program instead of the desired server. tcpd logs the request and does some addi- tional checks. When all is well, tcpd runs the appropriate server program and goes away.