Gentoo Archives: gentoo-security

From: James Stull <rivitir@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-security@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-security] TCP Wrapper Documentation
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:32:50
Message-Id: c1dd97640901121632r6cb6be78k5a8dcf9c966fe3ca@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-security] TCP Wrapper Documentation by brant williams
1 Thank you for all the suggestions, they have been very helpful and I now
2 have my tcp wrappers up and running.
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4 Just out of curiosity, why doesn't the ebuild install /etc/hosts.allow/deny
5 with some basic configuration examples or at least empty files?
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9 On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 12:50 PM, brant williams <brant@×××××.net> wrote:
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15 > Hi there...
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17 > You can also install the "DenyHosts" package, which will parse your syslog
18 > for failed ssh entries, and then update/maintain /etc/hosts.{allow,deny}.
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20 > http://denyhosts.sourceforge.net/
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22 > You can run it as a daemon, or from within cron.
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24 > hth
25 > - -brant
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27 > brant williams
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32 > On Sat, 10 Jan 2009, Chris O'Regan wrote:
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34 > Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:51:47 -0500
35 >> From: Chris O'Regan <chris.oregan@×××××.com>
36 >> Reply-To: gentoo-security@l.g.o
37 >> To: gentoo-security@l.g.o
38 >> Subject: Re: [gentoo-security] TCP Wrapper Documentation
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41 >> Search for "tcp wrappers howto" on Google. Yes, this must be
42 >> maintained manually. I recommend to do away with /etc/host.deny and
43 >> have "ALL :ALL@ALL :deny" as the last line of /etc/hosts.allow.
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45 >> On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 11:51 PM, James Stull <rivitir@×××××.com> wrote:
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47 >>> I have a gentoo desktop profile system and I would like to use tcp
48 >>> wrappers
49 >>> to secure certain services like ssh. I followed the documentation I could
50 >>> find from the security guide to install the ebuild but I don't have the
51 >>> /etc/hosts.allow or hosts.deny. Do I have to manually create these? Is
52 >>> their
53 >>> any other documentation available that I can use to help me install and
54 >>> configure it properly?
55 >>>
56 >>> Thanks for your help.
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Re: [gentoo-security] TCP Wrapper Documentation Matt Drew <matt.drew@×××××.com>