Hi, * Frank Küster <frank@debian.org> [2006-01-16 22:50]: > Nico Golde <nico@ngolde.de> wrote: > > > Yes and I think its alot better than adding a bunch of ips > > to /etc/hosts.deny. > > And iptables is only a dependency like any other... > > I have no understanding of what a packetfilter firewall actually does, > and therefore I won't install one. On the other hand, it's easy (for > me) to understand how hosts.deny works. > > Furthermore, AFAIK iptables isn't a dependency, but rather a > configuration option when compiling the kernel - then it is *not* a > dependency like any other. Oh thats right. Thanks for pointing this out! Then maybe hosts.deny is a good idea. Please make sure to add this fact to the discription of the package. Important fact. Thank you Frank for pointing this out! n-eyes are better than 2 ;) Regards Nico -- Nico Golde - JAB: nion@jabber.ccc.de | GPG: 0x73647CFF http://www.ngolde.de | http://www.muttng.org | http://grml.org Forget about that mouse with 3/4/5 buttons - gimme a keyboard with 103/104/105 keys!
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