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From: Thomas Spreng <spreng@socket.ch>
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Hello,

On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 09:51:38AM -0400, Payne wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am wanting to use host.allow and host.deny to make my box more secure. 
> Is there a site that can explain how to use them.

hosts.deny is depricated just use hosts.allow.
please read 'man 5 hosts_options' or if you dont like the manual try
http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200206/hosts_allow.html

hope that helps...

cheers,
	tom