CONFIGURING INTERNET SERVICES
Network services on a computer are started at boot time so that as soon as a server boots up, it may be accessed by network clients. The server processes run in the background and wait for incoming connection requests from clients. At startup, each server opens one or more sockets on well-known ports. Clients of these services can use these ports to connect to the socket opened by the server process. If a server uses security features, it authenticates network clients when a connection request is made. The usual authentication method is to prompt for a logon name and password. When you use the Telnet client to connect to a Telnet server, for example, it prompts you to enter a logon name and password and then authenticates ...
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