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From: Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@stud.uni-dortmund.de>
To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca>
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Subject: Re: tcpd not installed on 4.5-PRERELEASE
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On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group wrote:

> In message <m3ellg795i.fsf@emma1.emma.line.org>, Matthias Andree writes:
> > Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> writes:
> > 
> > > Tcpd is redundant under FreeBSD.  FreeBSD's inetd uses libwrap 
> > > (TCP/Wrapper library), effectively wrapping as if tcpd was in use.
> > 
> > No, it is not redundant.
> > 
> > I might have a different super-server than FreeBSD's inetd (tcpserver
> > from DJB's ucspi-tcp!), or I might want to run a service without libwrap
> > for efficiency reasons -- in that case, I'd have to run tcpd explicitly
> > for the other services.
> 
> IMO, that's why we have the tcp_wrapper port.

Won't work:

bash-2.05a# pwd ; make install clean
/usr/ports/security/tcp_wrapper
===>  tcp_wrappers-7.6_1 is forbidden: tcp_wrappers is in the base system.
===>  Cleaning for tcp_wrappers-7.6_1

(I presume the port is not redundant, older systems may rely on that.)

I'm filing a PR now.


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