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Re: hosts.allow



Hello

Stefan O'Rear (<stefanor@cox.net>) wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 24, 2004 at 10:46:27AM +0530, Nayyar Ahmed wrote:
>> 
>> I want to add an ip address 203.128.5.100
>> to /etc/hosts.allow , please tel me wat will be the entry.??
> 
> $ apropos hosts
> ...
> hosts_access (5)     - format of host access control files
> ...
> $ man 5 hosts_access
> 
> Read it.
> 
> Maybe you want this:
> 
> /etc/hosts.allow:
> ALL: 203.128.5.100
> 
> Now put on your absestos bunny suit - hosts.allow based access is
> ridiculously insecure.  Use ssh/sftp/scp instead.

You do know that the ssh server uses libwrap0 and /etc/hosts.{allow
deny}, right?

best regards
 Andreas Janssen

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