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Date:      Tue, 16 Oct 2001 13:21:51 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Igor Roshchin <str@giganda.komkon.org>
Cc:        security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: tcp_wrappers
Message-ID:  <20011016132151.B21030@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <200110161738.f9GHcBm12030@giganda.komkon.org>; from str@giganda.komkon.org on Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 01:38:11PM -0400
References:  <200110161738.f9GHcBm12030@giganda.komkon.org>

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On Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 01:38:11PM -0400, Igor Roshchin wrote:
>=20
> Hello!
>=20
> on a 4.x system: tcpd_chk(8) barks:
> warning: /etc/hosts.allow, line 71: popper: service possibly not wrapped
> >From some side symptoms I suspect it might be the case.
> Does it make sense to run tcp_wrappers from the ports collection
> on the popper daemon ?
>=20
> I noticed that tcp_wrappers port in its Makefile has  :
>=20
> .if exists(/usr/include/tcpd.h)
> FORBIDDEN=3D      tcp_wrappers is in the base system
> .endif
>=20
> I wonder if there is any conflict if I used both base-system tcp_wrappers,
> and the one from ports (the latter for wrapping a particular daemon).

There's absolutely no reason for you to install the port - everything
it contains is functionally available in the base system (with tcpd
replaced by inetd).

Kris

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