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Date:      Fri, 12 Jun 1998 14:53:42 +0200
From:      Johann Visagie <wjv@cityip.co.za>
To:        Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: telnet
Message-ID:  <19980612145342.C14948@cityip.co.za>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980612143447.23947A-100000@avrasya.ispro.net.tr>; from Evren Yurtesen on Fri, Jun 12, 1998 at 02:36:42PM %2B0300
References:  <Pine.LNX.3.96.980612143447.23947A-100000@avrasya.ispro.net.tr>

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On Fri, 12 Jun 1998 at 14:36 SAT, Evren Yurtesen wrote:
> 
> it was so easy when I was using linux, there was
> hosts.deny and hosts.allow files...
> 
> or do linux has this as an advantage to freebsd?

*sigh*  Here we go again, clearing up misconceptions.

Linux is a kernel, not an OS.  _Linux_ doesn't have hosts.allow and
hosts.deny files (or even knows what they are).  These files are
configuration files used by Wietse Venema's "TCP Wrappers", a well-known
piece of software used for security purposes.

Some Linux _distributions_ might install TCP wrappers by default, some might
give it as an option during installation, and some might not install it at
all.  It's all up to the distribution, really.

If you want to install it under FreeBSD, you may install either the port or
the package.  See http://www.freebsd.org/ports/security.html

-- V

Johann Visagie | Email: wjv@CityIP.co.za | Tel: +27 21 419-7878

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