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Date:      Fri, 24 Sep 2004 16:03:04 -0500 (EST)
From:      Chris Orr <chris@manual-override.net>
To:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ssh security
Message-ID:  <20040924160019.K77746@manual-override.net>
In-Reply-To: <415488AB.2060803@mrtux.co.uk>
References:  <20040923120103.5DD3116A517@hub.freebsd.org> <415488AB.2060803@mrtux.co.uk>

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When you build openssh, you need to be sure to add the --with-tcp-wrappers
argument when you run the configure script.

ex: ./configure --with-ssl-dir=../openssl --with-pam --with-tcp-wrappers

Hopefully this points you in the right direction.

-chris




On Fri, 24 Sep 2004, Terry wrote:

> Derek Ragona wrote:
>
>
> >> I tried to implement a similar scheme in my hosts.allow on a FreeBSD
> >> 5.2.1 server.  But when I try to test it from an IP outside my LAN, it
> >> still allows ssh logins.  I even put in a line in hosts.allow to
> >> explicitly deny the IP I was ssh'ing from, but it still let me in.
> >> The behavior  gives the appearance that TCP wrappers are not enabled,
> >> and thus the /etc/hosts.allow file is ignored.
> >>
> >> Is there something I need to do to enable the wrappers in sshd?  I saw
> >> that there is a compile option for the portable source from
> >> openssh.org, so I wonder if there is some compile option that needs to
> >> be enabled in make.conf?
> >>
> >> I have gone through the documentation for sshd_config, sshd,
> >> make.conf, etc. but am not finding anything to change.
> >>
> >>         -Derek
> >>
> >>



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