Package: approx Version: 2.03 Severity: wishlist approx runs as a standalone demon, but does not allow to either filter connections according to /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny files, nor to bind to a specific address.
Filtering according to hosts_access(5) files should be relatively easy, by using the TCP wrapper library (package libwrap0). Alternatively, making approx a passive program executed by tcpd (inetd) or making it able to bind on one or more explicitly specified interfaces would make it better from a security viewpoint. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-1-amd64-k8 Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Versions of packages approx depends on: ii adduser 3.80 Add and remove users and groups ii bzip2 1.0.3-2 high-quality block-sorting file co ii curl 7.15.1-1 Get a file from an HTTP, HTTPS, FT ii libc6 2.3.5-8.1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libpcre3 6.4-1.1 Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expressi approx recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
