Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1998 08:31:19 -0500
From: "Norman C. Rice" <nrice@emu.sourcee.com>
To: Johann Visagie <wjv@cityip.co.za>, Willow <willow@tds.edu>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: hosts.{deny|allow}
Message-ID: <19981107083119.A28135@emu.sourcee.com>
In-Reply-To: <19981107092630.A17924@cityip.co.za>; from Johann Visagie on Sat, Nov 07, 1998 at 09:26:30AM %2B0200
References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811061318250.18373-100000@zeus.tds.edu> <19981107092630.A17924@cityip.co.za>
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On Sat, Nov 07, 1998 at 09:26:30AM +0200, Johann Visagie wrote:
> On Fri, 06 Nov 1998 at 13:23 SAST, Willow wrote:
> >
> > I'm trying to block access to our freebsd (2.2.7) boxes from several
> > domains and not having any luck. I have read the man pages on
> > hosts_optiosn and hosts_access and tried to follow along without success.
>
> If you have installed the tcp_wrappers port, then hosts.{allow,deny} will be
> default be located in /usr/local/etc, not /etc. This has confused many
> people.
Perhaps the confusion is due to the hosts_access(5) manual page
referring to /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny in the
MOSTLY OPEN, BOOBY TRAPS, and FILES sections.
--
Regards,
Norman C. Rice, Jr.
>
> For your purposes, though, ipfw might be a better option than tcpd.
>
> -- V
>
> Johann Visagie | wjv@CityIP.co.za | Tel: +27 21 419-7878 | ICQ: 20645559
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