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Date:      Sat, 7 Nov 1998 08:31:19 -0500
From:      "Norman C. Rice" <nrice@emu.sourcee.com>
To:        Johann Visagie <wjv@cityip.co.za>, Willow <willow@tds.edu>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: hosts.{deny|allow}
Message-ID:  <19981107083119.A28135@emu.sourcee.com>
In-Reply-To: <19981107092630.A17924@cityip.co.za>; from Johann Visagie on Sat, Nov 07, 1998 at 09:26:30AM %2B0200
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811061318250.18373-100000@zeus.tds.edu> <19981107092630.A17924@cityip.co.za>

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On Sat, Nov 07, 1998 at 09:26:30AM +0200, Johann Visagie wrote:
> On Fri, 06 Nov 1998 at 13:23 SAST, Willow wrote:
> >
> > I'm trying to block access to our freebsd (2.2.7) boxes from several
> > domains and not having any luck.  I have read the man pages on
> > hosts_optiosn and hosts_access and tried to follow along without success.
> 
> If you have installed the tcp_wrappers port, then hosts.{allow,deny} will be
> default be located in /usr/local/etc, not /etc.  This has confused many
> people.

Perhaps the confusion is due to the hosts_access(5) manual page
referring to /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny in the 
MOSTLY OPEN, BOOBY TRAPS, and FILES sections.
-- 
Regards,
Norman C. Rice, Jr.

> 
> For your purposes, though, ipfw might be a better option than tcpd.
> 
> -- V
> 
> Johann Visagie | wjv@CityIP.co.za | Tel: +27 21 419-7878 | ICQ: 20645559

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