Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 14:14:57 -0800 (PST) From: Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org> To: Rodrigo Campos <camposr@MATRIX.COM.BR> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: wrapping sshd Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003151413580.1980-100000@dt051n0b.san.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003151624020.11873-100000@speed.matrix.com.br>
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On Wed, 15 Mar 2000, Rodrigo Campos wrote:
> In the /etc/hosts.allow file there's a comment saying that "is not
> normally a good idea" to wrapp sshd(8), I'm just asking myself why
> wouldn't be a good idea to do it since it seems to me that openssh has
> options to restrict access to it except compiling it with LIBWRAP support.
This is really more of a -questions question, for future
reference. To answer, I have always wondered about that warning myself,
but I've never let it slow me down. :) I have never not wrapped sshd, and
it's always worked for me.
Doug
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