Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 18:32:45 +0100 From: David Pick <D.M.Pick@qmw.ac.uk> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: tcp wrappers Message-ID: <E10zkhZ-0006Qf-00@xi.css.qmw.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 01 Jul 1999 17:37:04 %2B0200." <52368.930843424@axl.noc.iafrica.com>
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> > But I can't see tcpd anywhere, only tcpdcheck and so on. Why is this ? > > If you look at the inetd manpage, you'll see that it supports builtin > wrapping. You don't need tcpd. To be explicit - inetd is linked with the libwrap library so it's unnecessary to activate a separate program with the extra overheads that involves. > > What if I want to set up different access rules based on the protocol in = > > use, not the program ? > > That's a limitation of hosts.allow. Short of creating a copy of the > daemon binary with a new name, you can't do what you want to with inetd > and TCP Wrappers. Actually, a separate copy is not necessary; a hard (or soft) link is sufficient to make the wrappers see a new name so different rules can be used. -- David Pick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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