Jan Knepper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Aaron L. Meehan" wrote:
> > > A good security practice is to deny everything in your hosts.deny file,
> > > and make specific exceptions to that policy in your hosts.allow file.
> >
> > Indeed. But think again about what you just said and its implications
> > for accepting _email_ from the Internet.
>
> What do you mean "accepting email from the Internet"?
> That only would be a problem if you have "roaming" users AFAIK.
I believe the point is that if you only accept connections to your SMTP port
from the hosts in hosts.allow, you won't be able to receive mail from anywhere
else on the 'net.
Charles
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