What's the difference between firewall and TCP wrapper? If I have
installed iptables should I also install tcp wrraper? What advantages
will I have after installing tcp wrapper?
On 25 Oct 2004, michal wrote:
What's the difference between firewall and TCP wrapper?
A firewall deals with packet and flow management below the protocol
level.
TCP wrapper is a per-application mechanism for determining access on an
IP (or DNS name) basis.
Both do the same task, but a
On Sun, Oct 24, 2004 at 11:14:48PM -0700, michal wrote:
What's the difference between firewall and TCP wrapper?
A firewall is a somewhat general term, and one could argue that
tcpwrappers are a form of firewall.
If I have
installed iptables should I also install tcp wrraper? What advantages
basically, tcp wrapper is useful only for programs that run under
inetd/xinetd, that is - started only when they are called. if you don't
use inetd or similar, tcp wrappers are almost useless to you.
firewalls work with daemons too, and allow you to control connections
and track them. _always_
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