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

[andrew@pimlott.ne.mediaone.net (Andrew Pimlott)]

On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 11:03:31PM +0200, Nils Jeppe wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Apr 2001, Andrew Pimlott wrote:
> > Anytime I use a machine on a misconfigured network and want to log
> > on to my home PC.  This happens quite often: every time I use a
> > computer at a client site, or a school lab, or a friend's house,
> > there's a real chance that I'm on a misconfigured network.
> 
> You use rsh on such sites?! Telnet? Then removing all: paranoid is really
> not going to aversely affect your security ;)

You misunderstand.  I want to use ssh.  (I do use ssh, and I turn
off paranoid in hosts.deny.  But thanks to Wichert's point, I will
probably change that to "ALL EXCEPT ssh: PARANOID".)

Andrew