ALL : [EMAIL PROTECTED] i believe is the most strict, but still the same as ALL : ALL i dont think ALL : 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0 is valid (0.0.0.0/0 would be though, i imagine)
if your that paranoid setup a firewall. somewhat harder to break past a firewall then tcp_wrappers. nate ----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Linux System Administrator http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, Salman Ahmed wrote: > > In the /etc/hosts.deny file, what is the difference b/w: > > ALL:ALL > > and > > ALL:0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0 > > I have the first line in my /etc/hosts.deny but seem to recall reading > somewhere that the second line is even more strict in denying connection > attempts. > > -- > Salman Ahmed > ssahmed AT interlog DOT com > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
