> > 2. can i allow logins (telnet logins) only from know ip's, without > > installing a firewall? > > Yes, by editing the /etc/hosts.deny and /etc/hosts.allow file. Check out > the hosts_access(5) manual. Of course you should know that telnet's > security is really crappy, because it passes passwords unencrypted over > the line... > > [by the way, this is assuming your telnet goes through the tcp wrappers > (tcpd). It did, under most inetd setups. I'm not sure about xinetd] >
If you are using a distribution that uses xinetd instead of inetd then you can configure individual services to allow or deny individual IPs or ranges etc. You can look at www.xinetd.org for more information.David Suna [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
