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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>