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Subject: Re: TCP Wrappers
From: Joshua Smith (jsmithHELIOSGROUP.COM)
Date: Tue Jun 27 2000 - 14:16:39 CDT

Yes, there is a program suite called ucspi-tcp that does similar things as
tcp wrappers,
it can be found at:

http://cr.yp.to/ucspi-tcp.html

Joshua Smith

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Faber Fedor [mailto:revf2INTERACTIVE.NET]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 10:40 AM
> To: FOCUS-LINUXSECURITYFOCUS.COM
> Subject: Re: TCP Wrappers
>
>
> At 09:54 AM 6/27/00 -0300, you wrote:
> >Hi
>
> Hey!
>
> >> But if the daemon isn't launched by inetd...Hmmmm..... :-?
> >There are two possibilities:
> >1. The service _could_ be started with inetd. Go on, do it
> and add a wrapper
> >
> >2. The service _could not_ be started with inetd.
>
> Or *should not* be started by inetd. ;-)
>
> > Forget the wrapper.
>
> You know, I was thinking of "Well, why not run tcpwrappers outside of
> inetd", but then I realized that tcp-wrappers isn't set up to
> listen to a
> port so that won't work.
>
> Does anyone know if there is a tcpwrappers-like program that
> doesn't run
> from inside of inetd?
>
>
>
>
> --
> Faber Fedor, RHCE
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>
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>