On Thu, 9 Nov 2000, Ed Lazor wrote:
> I've been using /etc/hosts.deny and /etc/hosts.allow for a while now. I
> verified it's working by getting blocked when trying to telnet, ftp, etc.
> in from remote systems that weren't in the hosts.allow.
>
> Funny thing is that the documentation I read says you must run the service
> through /usr/sbin/tcpd. I haven't been, yet it's working. How come?
>
> -Ed
>
>
I don't know about Red Hat 7, but if you're running Red Hat 6.2... yes,
you have been using tcpd although perhaps you didn't know. Take a look
at the "/etc/inetd.conf" file, and you will notice that quite a few
services are spawned via "/usr/sbin/tcpd" to allow you to use the
TCP_WRAPPERS functionality.
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