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I can think of three reasons: less clutter, less maintenance, and |
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keeping the machine from wasting time parsing the file on busy systems |
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that may have libwrap-enabled applications, but where no access |
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controls have been configured. |
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On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 7:32 PM, James Stull <rivitir@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Thank you for all the suggestions, they have been very helpful and I now |
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> have my tcp wrappers up and running. |
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> Just out of curiosity, why doesn't the ebuild install /etc/hosts.allow/deny |
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> with some basic configuration examples or at least empty files? |
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> On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 12:50 PM, brant williams <brant@×××××.net> wrote: |
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>> Hi there... |
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>> You can also install the "DenyHosts" package, which will parse your syslog |
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>> for failed ssh entries, and then update/maintain /etc/hosts.{allow,deny}. |
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>> http://denyhosts.sourceforge.net/ |
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>> You can run it as a daemon, or from within cron. |
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>> hth |
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>> - -brant |
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>> brant williams |
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>> On Sat, 10 Jan 2009, Chris O'Regan wrote: |
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>>> Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:51:47 -0500 |
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>>> From: Chris O'Regan <chris.oregan@×××××.com> |
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>>> Reply-To: gentoo-security@l.g.o |
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>>> To: gentoo-security@l.g.o |
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>>> Subject: Re: [gentoo-security] TCP Wrapper Documentation |
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>>> Search for "tcp wrappers howto" on Google. Yes, this must be |
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>>> maintained manually. I recommend to do away with /etc/host.deny and |
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>>> have "ALL :ALL@ALL :deny" as the last line of /etc/hosts.allow. |
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>>> On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 11:51 PM, James Stull <rivitir@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>>> I have a gentoo desktop profile system and I would like to use tcp |
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>>>> wrappers |
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>>>> to secure certain services like ssh. I followed the documentation I |
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>>>> could |
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>>>> find from the security guide to install the ebuild but I don't have the |
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>>>> /etc/hosts.allow or hosts.deny. Do I have to manually create these? Is |
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>>>> their |
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>>>> any other documentation available that I can use to help me install and |
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>>>> configure it properly? |
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>>>> Thanks for your help. |
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