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Date:      Tue, 22 Jun 1999 14:53:28 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Ben Rosengart <ben@skunk.org>
To:        Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
Cc:        John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie>, John Baldwin <jobaldwi@smtp2.erols.com>
Subject:   Re: Inetd and wrapping. 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9906221453020.15693-100000@penelope.skunk.org>
In-Reply-To: <92810.930049763@axl.noc.iafrica.com>

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On Tue, 22 Jun 1999, Sheldon Hearn wrote:

> On Tue, 22 Jun 1999 07:04:29 -0400, John Baldwin wrote:
> 
> > Because that only controls access, it does not actually turn wrapping off.
> 
> Let me be more specific; if you don't want ftpd wrapped, just add
> 
> ftpd: ALL : ALLOW
> 
> to your /etc/hosts.allow . A stock configuration won't log successful
> connections, so you won't see any logging at all.

But if you can turn off wrapping, you can save a fork()/exec() per
connection.

--
 Ben

UNIX Systems Engineer, Skunk Group
StarMedia Network, Inc.



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