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From: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit:  src/usr.sbin/syslogd syslogd.8 syslogd.c
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On Sun, 4 May 1997, [KOI8-R] Андрей Чернов wrote:
> >   too late.  Thus, restricting the IP address range is about the most
> >   effective change we can do if we want to allow incoming syslog
> >   messages at all.
> 
> Hmm, what about some sort of /etc/syslogd.allow and /etc/syslogd.deny
> files instead? Just one IP address is no gain for dinamic IP or
> multihomed hosts.

What about just using tcpwrappers like everyone else?

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