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+<sect2>
+<title>Contents</title>
+
+<para>
+The Netkit-base package contains the inetd and ping programs.
+</para>
+
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2>
+<title>Description</title>
+
+<sect3>
+<title>inetd</title>
+
+<para>
+inetd is the mother of all daemons. It listens for connections, and transfers
+the call to the appropriate daemon.
+</para>
+
+</sect3>
+
+<sect3>
+<title>ping</title>
+
+<para>
+ping sends ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to a host and determines its response time.
+</para>
+
+</sect3>
+
+</sect2>
+