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Date:      Tue, 7 Mar 2000 18:57:25 -0800 (PST)
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@hub.freebsd.org>
To:        Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
Cc:        Alex Michlin <alex@delete.org>, freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Host Secured Logon
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003071857040.8920-100000@hub.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <E12SQza-0000iQ-00@roam.psg.com>

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On Tue, 7 Mar 2000, Randy Bush wrote:

> > Is there an easy way to secure shell accounts with the hostname of the
> > user (ie, only someone from *.anyisp.com can logon to shell1, and
> > *.myisp.com can logon to any shell)?
> 
> i am not advocating doing this, as dns based security is weak, but use tcpd
> aka log_tcp and restrict the hosts in /usr/local/etc/hosts.allow.

Or you could use tcpd and restrict on source IP addresses, rather than
insecure DNS addresses.

Kris

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