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Date:      Mon, 15 Apr 1996 16:44:56 +2
From:      "Irvine Short" <ishort@pcm.co.za>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        perry@alpha.jpunix.com
Subject:   Re: TCP Wrapper
Message-ID:  <199604151441.QAA02806@pcmgate.pcm.co.za>

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Hi John

Thanks for the reply

I installed the port from -current on ftp.freebsd.org, and all is now 
well.

> 
> 	Yes. I have mine working. It turns out that for some reason the
> hosts.deny file is not getting referenced. The answer is to put all the
> rules in the hosts.allow file. Here is an excerpt from mine that should
> help you. 
> 
> fingerd:ALL@ALL:banners /usr/local/etc/tcpd/finger.deny:DENY
> ftpd: ALL@ALL:ALLOW
> sshd: ALL@ALL:ALLOW
> ALL: ALL@ALL:DENY
> 
> 	You will notice that the additional tokens for ALLOW and DENY
> cause the correct action to take place. Please note that I un-commented
> the ALL: ALL@ALL:DENY on my system to show you the reference in case you
> attempt to try it on my system. I normally allow connections but will turn
> it off on certain occasions. 
> 
 

Regards,

Irvine Short

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