On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 16:32:34 +0200 Nikolai Hlubek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi everyone :-) > > On one of my machines I'm running a zope server. This server should > only be accessible from my LAN so I set: > > hosts.deny > ALL: ALL > > The hosts.deny manual states: > This denies all service to all hosts, unless they are permitted > access by entries in the allow file. > > > Ping and ssh connects are refused but the web services provided by > zope are still accessible from the outside. Is this a bug or am I > missing something here? > > Cheers, > Nikolai > I'm pretty sure hosts.allow only works for a small set of services wrapped by the tcpd deamon. I think your gonna need iptables to block your web server. You might try shorewall if you dislike writing iptables scripts as much as I do. BTW: I don't think tcpd has anything do to with ping being blocked. Hopefully someone else on the list will correct me if I'm wrong. //andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
