From owner-freebsd-security Wed Jul 25 3:12:49 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from axl.seasidesoftware.co.za (axl.seasidesoftware.co.za [196.31.7.201]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 594CE37B405 for ; Wed, 25 Jul 2001 03:12:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sheldonh@starjuice.net) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.seasidesoftware.co.za) by axl.seasidesoftware.co.za with local-esmtp (Exim 3.31 #1) id 15PLfe-000PDR-00; Wed, 25 Jul 2001 12:13:38 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: David Chong Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: TCP Wrappers and Inetd In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:58:45 MST." <20010725045845.40608.qmail@web10007.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 12:13:38 +0200 Message-ID: <96932.996056018@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za> Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:58:45 MST, David Chong wrote: > My question is: does it just cover services in inetd > (just like tcp wrappers for other unixes) or does it > cover more than that in FreeBSD? Like standalone > daemons ie. sendmail, httpd, sshd. Any service launched by inetd will be subject to TCP Wrappers if inetd is started with the -w option (default installation). You will need to check the documentation of any other services. A quick check is to use the ldd utility to check whether the binaries for the services are linked against lwrap. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message