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From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
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Subject: Re: ascii art in hosts.allow 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 25 Jan 2000 01:46:01 CST."
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On Tue, 25 Jan 2000 01:46:01 CST, Kevin Day wrote:

> A more direct patch would have been:
> 
> -# NOTE: The hosts.deny file is not longer used.  Instead, put both 'allow'
> +# NOTE: The hosts.deny file is no longer used.  Instead, put both 'allow'

I'm concerned about the authenticity of this comment.  It looks to me
like a comment on commonly accepted usage convention.  It looks to me
like hosts_access(3) still handles hosts.deny in the same way that it
always has.

Ciao,
Sheldon.


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