Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 18:42:50 -0700 (MST) From: "Geoffrey T. Falk" <gtf@cirp.org> To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: nfsd lacks support for tcp_wrapper Message-ID: <200101310142.SAA15008@h-209-91-79-2.gen.cadvision.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.32.0101302048060.89689-100000@taygeta.dbai.tuwien.ac.at>
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On 31 Jan, Gerald Pfeifer wrote: > Unless we completely missed something, nfsd does lack support for > tcp_wrapper, doesn't it? > > As NFS is a rather critical security-wize this seems like a big omission. IP filters are always better than TCP wrappers. NFS should only be used behind a good firewall anyways. If you are paranoid about IP and DNS spoofing on the local network, don't use plain NFS... Geoffrey To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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