From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GNhLF-0000JS-At for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 02:52:41 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k8E2ovuC019648; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 02:50:57 GMT Received: from rwcrmhc13.comcast.net (rwcrmhc13.comcast.net [204.127.192.83]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k8E2hB2E032752 for ; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 02:43:12 GMT Received: from rmailcenter79.comcast.net ([204.127.197.179]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc13) with SMTP id <20060914024310m1300cp0ade>; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 02:43:10 +0000 Received: from [66.31.36.228] by rmailcenter79.comcast.net; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 02:43:10 +0000 From: bridavis@comcast.net To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Cc: Ryan Tandy Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Simplified apache2 Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 02:43:10 +0000 Message-Id: <091420060243.28933.4508C1BE0003DA3C0000710522007610649C07900E0B079D0D@comcast.net> X-Mailer: AT&T Message Center Version 1 (Apr 11 2006) X-Authenticated-Sender: YnJpZGF2aXNAY29tY2FzdC5uZXQ= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_28933_1158201790_0" X-Archives-Salt: 1f8af704-d9ed-4eb0-a15c-872ce56f0f7b X-Archives-Hash: c81771912fe79f602a3ad3f9ae8473a8 --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_28933_1158201790_0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Good point, I suppose iptables can do pretty much everything tcp_wrappers can do. -------------- Original message -------------- From: Ryan Tandy > bridavis@comcast.net wrote: > > > Even this is a bit more bloated than it needs to be. I have never used > > > 'tcpd' > > > > Doesn't tcpd add security, thus suggesting it's use for a more secure > > system? > > > > Thanks, > > Brian > > It can. I haven't yet had a need to implement host-based security, and > if I ever do, I plan to merge it into my existing iptables stuff. > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_28933_1158201790_0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Good point, I suppose iptables can do pretty much everything tcp_wrappers can do.
-------------- Original message --------------
From: Ryan Tandy <tarpman@gmail.com>

> bridavis@comcast.net wrote:
> > > Even this is a bit more bloated than it needs to be. I have never used
> > > 'tcpd'
> >
> > Doesn't tcpd add security, thus suggesting it's use for a more secure
> > system?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Brian
>
> It can. I haven't yet had a need to implement host-based security, and
> if I ever do, I plan to merge it into my existing iptables stuff.
> --
> gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
>
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