Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1995 17:19:40 +0000 (GMT) From: Karl Strickland <karl@bagpuss.demon.co.uk> To: davidg@Root.COM Cc: mrami@remote1-line1.cis.yale.edu, questions@FreeBSD.org, FreeBSD-security@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: DECserver problems Message-ID: <199501111719.RAA24898@bagpuss.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <199501110459.UAA00328@corbin.Root.COM> from "David Greenman" at Jan 10, 95 08:59:47 pm
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> You could try changing the lookup order in /etc/host.conf from bind then
> hosts to hosts then bind (IMO, we should make this the default), and then add
> a host entry for the DECserver in /etc/hosts.
Re making this the default - I agree. For people who grant/deny access based
on hostnames (say using the tcp wrapper), I guess its probably better (security
wise) to have these hostnames resolved from /etc/hosts rather than DNS..
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