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# Netkit-base

## Contents

The Netkit-base package contains the inetd and ping programs.

## Description

### inetd

inetd is the mother of all daemons. It listens for connections, and transfers the call to the appropriate daemon.

### ping

ping sends ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to a host and determines its response time.

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