On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What is the relationship between putting an entry into hosts.deny and adding a DENY >rule in ipchains to the input chain? What do they each block? Is one preferred over >the other or is one more comprehensive in what it blocks? >
host.deny works for inetd processes (sshd, proftpd, qpopper) maybe a few more. ipchains works at the kernel level. If you block with ipchains, it may save some resources. -- Gerald Waugh Registered Linux User 255245 register at http://counter.li.org _______________________________________________ cobalt-security mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-security
