From owner-freebsd-current Mon Jan 24 20: 3:40 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from backup.af.speednet.com.au (af.speednet.com.au [202.135.188.244]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C19121535D for ; Mon, 24 Jan 2000 20:03:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from andyf@speednet.com.au) Received: from localhost (andyf@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by backup.af.speednet.com.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA14839 for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2000 15:03:32 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from andyf@speednet.com.au) Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 15:03:32 +1100 (EST) From: Andy Farkas X-Sender: andyf@backup.af.speednet.com.au To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: ascii art in hosts.allow Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG What is the reason for putting a giant "Example!" in hosts.allow? I note that it was committed at 3 o'clock in the morning... was someone trying to make a point? What other files have this type of gross bit-bloat in them? Here is a patch: (please notice the spelling correction) --- hosts.allow.orig Tue Jan 25 14:53:05 2000 +++ hosts.allow Tue Jan 25 14:56:45 2000 @@ -2,20 +2,14 @@ # hosts.allow access control file for "tcp wrapped" apps. # $FreeBSD: src/etc/hosts.allow,v 1.6 1999/11/25 03:00:44 obrien Exp $ # -# NOTE: The hosts.deny file is not longer used. Instead, put both 'allow' +# NOTE: This is an example file only. You will need to modify it for your +# specific requirements. + +# NOTE: The hosts.deny file is no longer used. Instead, put both 'allow' # and 'deny' rules in the hosts.allow file. + # see hosts_options(5) for the format of this file. # hosts_access(5) no longer fully applies. - -# _____ _ _ -# | ____| __ __ __ _ _ __ ___ _ __ | | ___ | | -# | _| \ \/ / / _` | | '_ ` _ \ | '_ \ | | / _ \ | | -# | |___ > < | (_| | | | | | | | | |_) | | | | __/ |_| -# |_____| /_/\_\ \__,_| |_| |_| |_| | .__/ |_| \___| (_) -# |_| -# !!! This is an example! You will need to modify it for your specific -# !!! requirements! - # Start by allowing everything (this prevents the rest of the file # from working, so remove it when you need protection). -- :{ andyf@speednet.com.au Andy Farkas System Administrator Speednet Communications http://www.speednet.com.au/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message