On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 06:31:57PM -0400, hpknight wrote: > It depends on the process that is binding the port. If you're using > xinetd you can specify which interface to bind the port on. If the > program/daemon doesn't allow you to specify interfaces, then you're stuck > .. unless you want to do some fancy stuff with ipchains/iptables to > redirect ports, or hack up the daemon. inetd also has this feature (not very well documented). use [EMAIL PROTECTED] in inetd.conf in order to use that feature. xinetd is nicer, anyway :-)
First binding then firewalling is a bad idea, someone might be able to access that service via spoofing or other dirty tricks... MfG/Regards, Alexander -- Alexander Reelsen http://joker.rhwd.de [EMAIL PROTECTED] GnuPG: pub 1024D/F0D7313C sub 2048g/6AA2EDDB [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7D44 F4E3 1993 FDDF 552E 7C88 EE9C CBD1 F0D7 313C Securing Debian: http://joker.rhwd.de/doc/Securing-Debian-HOWTO
