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From: brant williams <brant@×××××.net>
To: gentoo-security@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-security] TCP Wrapper Documentation
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:50:58
Message-Id: Pine.LNX.4.64.0901121148060.27244@beaker.tnarb.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-security] TCP Wrapper Documentation by Chris O'Regan
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5 Hi there...
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7 You can also install the "DenyHosts" package, which will parse your syslog
8 for failed ssh entries, and then update/maintain /etc/hosts.{allow,deny}.
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10 http://denyhosts.sourceforge.net/
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12 You can run it as a daemon, or from within cron.
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14 hth
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17 brant williams
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22 On Sat, 10 Jan 2009, Chris O'Regan wrote:
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24 > Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:51:47 -0500
25 > From: Chris O'Regan <chris.oregan@×××××.com>
26 > Reply-To: gentoo-security@l.g.o
27 > To: gentoo-security@l.g.o
28 > Subject: Re: [gentoo-security] TCP Wrapper Documentation
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30 > Search for "tcp wrappers howto" on Google. Yes, this must be
31 > maintained manually. I recommend to do away with /etc/host.deny and
32 > have "ALL :ALL@ALL :deny" as the last line of /etc/hosts.allow.
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34 > On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 11:51 PM, James Stull <rivitir@×××××.com> wrote:
35 >> I have a gentoo desktop profile system and I would like to use tcp wrappers
36 >> to secure certain services like ssh. I followed the documentation I could
37 >> find from the security guide to install the ebuild but I don't have the
38 >> /etc/hosts.allow or hosts.deny. Do I have to manually create these? Is their
39 >> any other documentation available that I can use to help me install and
40 >> configure it properly?
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42 >> Thanks for your help.
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Re: [gentoo-security] TCP Wrapper Documentation James Stull <rivitir@×××××.com>