Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 22:25:11 -0400 (EDT) From: Snob Art Genre <benedict@echonyc.com> To: spork <spork@super-g.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Major bogon in tcp_wrappers port. Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.970912222423.3592B-100000@echonyc.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970912211638.12209B-100000@super-g.inch.com>
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Any reason for tcp_wrappers instead of xinetd? Or vice-versa for that matter? On Fri, 12 Sep 1997, spork wrote: > I'd just like to avoid the hassle of installing it on every machine... > > I do think this could be made simple for the "dumb user" with a simple > question like "What hosts do you wish to allow to telnet to your machine?" > in sysinstall. > > If incorporating it into the base is not acceptable, then I'll ask for a > knob in sysinstall here. Installation time isn't the worst time to allow > a newbie to learn a bit about security... > > Charles Ben "You have your mind on computers, it seems."
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