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Date:      Tue, 12 Sep 2000 15:51:58 -0600 (MDT)
From:      "Forrest W. Christian" <forrestc@imach.com>
To:        Steve Kaczkowski <steve@inc.net>
Cc:        InvictaNet Customer Support <support@invictanet.co.uk>, Freebsd-ISP <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Telnet restrictions
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009121550280.26689-100000@workhorse.iMach.com>
In-Reply-To: <39BEB156.AC49A795@inc.net>

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On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Steve Kaczkowski wrote:

> I'd check into both to see which would work better in your situation,
> tcp_wrappers will do it for you, but you can get much more creative
> with Ipfilter since it's a full firewalling package..

The other non-quantifyable advantage is that ipfilter/ipfw (whichever)
rejects the connection at a much lower level - logically, this would
indicate that ipfilter/ipfw *might* be more secure....

- Forrest W. Christian (forrestc@imach.com) AC7DE
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