On Tue, 2017-08-15 at 08:22 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Tue, 15 Aug 2017 13:58:16 +0200 > Jakub Jelen wrote: > > > Thank you for comments and constructive ideas. > > I certainly never understood why it existed at all, unless maybe > it pre-dated having a firewall. It seems totally redundant > to the firewall. >
I can remember as a sysadmin back in the 1990s, I thought it was a lifesaver. Unfortunately, I don't remember *why* I thought it was a lifesaver -- but I remember it being necessary for running things like DenyHosts in the early to mid 2000s. billo _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
