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



Previously Adam McKenna wrote:
> Oh, come on now.  Anyone who's serious about security is not using name-based
> access lists.  For that matter, anyone who's serious about security is not
> relying on TCP wrappers for it, because it's been shown over and over again
> that TCP wrappers "security" can be easily defeated.l

Anonyone who is serious about security will use many layers of security.
TCP wrappers are definitely a userful one.

Wichert (who is happily working behind 2 firewalls, TCP wrappers,
portsentry and a local firewall).

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