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Date:      Mon, 15 Sep 1997 00:15:08 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Curt Sampson <cjs@portal.ca>
To:        Snob Art Genre <benedict@echonyc.com>
Cc:        spork <spork@super-g.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Major bogon in tcp_wrappers port.
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.93.970915001343.28817T-100000@gnostic.cynic.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.970912222423.3592B-100000@echonyc.com>

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On Fri, 12 Sep 1997, Snob Art Genre wrote:

> Any reason for tcp_wrappers instead of xinetd?  Or vice-versa for that
> matter?

MHO, of course, but:

- tcwrappers is smaller, and thus easier to verify the security of
- tcpwrappers comes with libwrap, so that programs not spawned from
  inetd can use the same config file
- it's fairly trivial to modify inetd to use libwrap

cjs

Curt Sampson    cjs@portal.ca		Info at http://www.portal.ca/
Internet Portal Services, Inc.		`And malt does more than Milton can
Vancouver, BC   (604) 257-9400		 To justify God's ways to man.' 




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