TCP wrappers are intended to provide wrapper daemons that can be installed without any changes to existing software. Most TCP/IP applications depend on the client/server model -- i.e., when a ...

The client-server model will be replaced — and soon — with or without many developers’ and engineers’ acknowledgement or participation. Our devices and their uses are already pushing change.

eWEEK 30: Client/server applications were heavily promoted in the 1990s as an effective way to harness the power of PCs connected to corporate networks. But the model just wasn’t scalable.