[CentOS] Does anyone use tcp wrappers (hosts.allow/hosts.deny) anymore?
Keith Keller
kkeller at wombat.san-francisco.ca.us
Thu Mar 20 19:55:56 UTC 2014
On 2014-03-20, Matthew Miller <mattdm at mattdm.org> wrote:
> What do you think? Do you rely on hosts.allow/hosts.deny a primary security
> mechanism? As defense-in-depth? Do you have policies which mandate it?
I currently use it in conjunction with denyhosts, but have been
considering moving to something like sshguard with iptables instead. If
hosts.deny support disappeared then I would simply go that route when
necessary.
May I ask what the reason is for considering dropping tcp wrappers
support?
--keith
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kkeller at wombat.san-francisco.ca.us
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