Re: ALL: PARANOID from /etc/hosts.deny Should be Commented by default
Hi,
Quoting PiotR (piotr@omega.resa.es):
> Having ALL: PARANOID in /etc/hosts.deny only causes problems and doesn't
> provide any special security. Its very annoing when you can't access some
> server because this. Or worse, the clients doesn't accept the server stuff.
You're right. it doesn't provide special security.
It providers very normal security; reasonable certainty that hosts
connecting to your services are 'sane' in the sense that they have both a
valid DNS entry, and a valid reverse DNS entry to match.
> I strongly believe that this should be removed in posterior releases of
> debian O.S ?what do you think?
I don't agree :)
Greets,
Robert
(who thinks 'ALL: PARANOID' is the only thing /etc/hosts.deny is
useful for)
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