Ucspi-tcp
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Unix
TCP
command-line tool for building TCP client-server applications. It consists of super-server
tcpserver and tcpclient application.
From "Life with qmail", Dave Sill, 2 January 2006 (Appendix B.3.): ucspi-tcp is an acronym for UNIX Client-Server Program Interface for TCP, and it's pronounced ooks-pie tee see pee.
tcpserver features built-in TCP Wrapper
-like access control.
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Unix
Unix
Unix is a multitasking, multi-user computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs, including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Brian Kernighan, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna...
TCP
Transmission Control Protocol
The Transmission Control Protocol is one of the core protocols of the Internet Protocol Suite. TCP is one of the two original components of the suite, complementing the Internet Protocol , and therefore the entire suite is commonly referred to as TCP/IP...
command-line tool for building TCP client-server applications. It consists of super-server
Super-server
A super-server or sometimes called a service dispatcher is a type of daemon run generally on Unix-like systems.- Usage :It starts other servers when needed, normally with access to them checked by a TCP wrapper. It uses very few resources when in idle state...
tcpserver and tcpclient application.
From "Life with qmail", Dave Sill, 2 January 2006 (Appendix B.3.): ucspi-tcp is an acronym for UNIX Client-Server Program Interface for TCP, and it's pronounced ooks-pie tee see pee.
tcpserver features built-in TCP Wrapper
TCP Wrapper
TCP Wrapper is a host-based networking ACL system, used to filter network access to Internet Protocol servers on operating systems such as Linux or BSD...
-like access control.
ucspi-tcp competes with several other programs
- inetdInetdinetd is a super-server daemon on many Unix systems that manages Internet services. First appearing in 4.3BSD , it is generally located at /usr/sbin/inetd.-Function:...
, TCP server - xinetdXinetdIn computer networking, xinetd, the eXtended InterNET Daemon, is an open-source super-server daemon which runs on many Unix-like systems and manages Internet-based connectivity...
, a replacement for inetd - mconnect client supplied as part of SunOS
- faucet and hose, part of the netpipes package
- netcatNetcatNetcat is a computer networking service for reading from and writing network connections using TCP or UDP. Netcat is designed to be a dependable “back-end” device that can be used directly or easily driven by other programs and scripts...