From owner-freebsd-current Fri Mar 5 9:54: 8 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from cerebus.nectar.com (nectar-gw.nectar.com [204.0.249.101]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1136815218 for ; Fri, 5 Mar 1999 09:53:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nectar@nectar.com) Received: (from smap@localhost) by cerebus.nectar.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) id LAA11140; Fri, 5 Mar 1999 11:52:51 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from nectar@nectar.com) Received: from spawn.nectar.com(10.0.0.101) by cerebus.nectar.com via smap (V2.1) id xma011138; Fri, 5 Mar 99 11:52:27 -0600 Received: from spawn.nectar.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spawn.nectar.com (8.9.2/8.9.1) with ESMTP id LAA46377; Fri, 5 Mar 1999 11:52:23 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from nectar@spawn.nectar.com) Message-Id: <199903051752.LAA46377@spawn.nectar.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 X-PGP-RSAfprint: 00 F9 E6 A2 C5 4D 0A 76 26 8B 8B 57 73 D0 DE EE X-PGP-RSAkey: http://www.nectar.com/nectar-pgp262.txt From: Jacques Vidrine In-reply-to: <19990305120940.A12421@ehlo.com> References: <19990305120940.A12421@ehlo.com> Subject: Re: Suggested change to rc.network Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: James FitzGibbon Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Date: Fri, 05 Mar 1999 11:52:23 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Sounds fair to me. send-pr a patch. Jacques Vidrine / n@nectar.com / nectar@FreeBSD.org On 5 March 1999 at 12:09, James FitzGibbon wrote: > > There is already a precedent for allowing users to use drop-in replacements > for certain network daemons by specifying the path to the daemon in rc.conf. > Examples include the ${ntpdate_program} and ${xtnpd_program} variables that > are used in /etc/rc.network. > > Wietse Venema has for some time had a replacement portmapper that uses > libwrap to control access using hosts.allow. It doesn't protect the > daemons, but it can help disguise what RPC services you are running. > > I'm suggesting to have rc.network use a ${portmap_program} variable, with a > suitable default in /etc/defaults/rc.conf of "/usr/sbin/portmap". > > Any comments appreciated. > > -- > j. > > James FitzGibbon james@ehlo.co m > EHLO Solutions Voice/Fax (416)410-010 0 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message