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Date:      Wed, 28 Jul 1999 20:29:54 +0300
From:      Yiorgos Adamopoulos <adamo@dblab.ece.ntua.gr>
To:        Seth <seth@freebie.dp.ny.frb.org>
Cc:        Yiorgos Adamopoulos <adamo@dblab.ece.ntua.gr>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: tcpd, inetd, and hosts.[allow|deny]
Message-ID:  <19990728202954.A75107@dblab.ece.ntua.gr>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9907281307570.2887-100000@freebie.dp.ny.frb.org>; from Seth on Wed, Jul 28, 1999 at 01:17:26PM -0400
References:  <19990728200259.A60026@dblab.ece.ntua.gr> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9907281307570.2887-100000@freebie.dp.ny.frb.org>

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On Wed, Jul 28, 1999 at 01:17:26PM -0400, Seth wrote:
> administrative point of view.  The access files must be moved from
> /usr/local/etc to /etc in order for a default wrapped inetd config to
> access them.  Any administrator who relied on wrapping and who made the

Now this is where I disagree.  The default /etc/hosts.allow allows every
connection.  Which is OK, since if you cut-n-paste your old inetd.conf tcpd
wrapped lines, inetd will execute tcpd, who (tcpd) will check
/usr/local/etc/hosts.{allow,deny} which will do what the administrator expects.


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ieee.org!adamo


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