Re: ALL: PARANOID from /etc/hosts.deny Should be Commented by default

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Subject: Re: ALL: PARANOID from /etc/hosts.deny Should be Commented by default
From: Wichert Akkerman <wichert@cistron.nl>
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 17:39:37 +0200
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In-reply-to: <[🔎] 87g0f68blb.fsf@wesley.springies.com>; from ats@acm.org on Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 11:36:01AM -0400
References: <[🔎] 20010418171100.B8620@omega.resa.es> <[🔎] 20010418172549.A17770@lin-gen.com> <[🔎] 87g0f68blb.fsf@wesley.springies.com>

Previously Alan Shutko wrote:
> What security does this give you, seriously?

Better audit trail.

> but it does block clients from (say) people on company networks that
> don't do reverse DNS for internal machines.

Someone should clobber them with some RFCs then.

Wichert.

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