Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 20:28:53 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: current@freebsd.org Subject: HEADS UP! Inetd wrapping OFF by default Message-ID: <32068.930508133@axl.noc.iafrica.com>
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Hi folks,
I've just committed a change to inetd that will effectively turn TCP
Wrapping off for anyone who has an installed /etc/rc.conf that specifies
an inetd_flags value, as well as anyone who makes world without running
mergemaster to update /etc/defaults/rc.conf .
This will not be a problem for most people.
Inetd now takes command-line options to enable wrapping. This was a
decision taken with the approval of our release engineer in an attempt
to revert a backward-compatibility problem introduced in 3.2-RELEASE.
The relevant changes to the manpage follow:
"
SYNOPSIS
inetd [-d] [-l] [-w] [-c maximum] [-C rate] [-a address] [-p filename]
[-R rate] [configuration file]
[...]
DESCRIPTION
[...]
-w Turn on TCP Wrapping. If this option is specified
twice, internal services will also be wrapped. See the
IMPLEMENTATION NOTES section for more information on TCP
Wrappers support.
[...]
IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
When given the -w option, inetd will wrap all services specified as
``stream tcp nowait'' except for ``internal'' services. If the -w
option is given twice, such ``internal'' services will be wrapped
as well.
When wrapping is enabled, the tcpd daemon is not required, as that
functionality is builtin. For more information on TCP Wrappers;
see the relevant documentation ( hosts_access(5) ).
"
When this change is merged to STABLE, the release notes will be updated
and a fat HEADS UP will be posted to the freebsd-stable mailing list.
Ciao,
Sheldon.
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