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Re: [cobalt-users] OT: hosts.deny info
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] OT: hosts.deny info
- From: "Rik Thomas" <rikt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu Dec 21 16:39:04 2000
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
----- Original Message -----
From: "Diana Brake" <diana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 8:17 PM
Subject: [cobalt-users] OT: hosts.deny info
> Hi,
>
> Does the hosts.deny file prevent FTP access? I know Port Sentry doesn't
> write to that file for unauthorized access attempts using FTP, but if I
> write to it by hand will it affect someone trying to use anonymous as an
> ID? Could someone clarify exactly what the hosts.deny files denies?
>
> thanks so much and Merry Christmas all
>
> Diana
> Crest Communications, Inc. diana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Beautiful Sunny Florida http://crestcommunications.com/
> 352-495-9359, 425-732-9785 fax
Basically tcpwrappers will wrap anything that runs from inetd. A tutorial
can be found below:
http://computers.iwz.com/linux/tcpwrap.html