[vox-tech] hosts.deny question

[Peter Jay Salzman]

question -- i'm looking at someone's system right now, and they have an
/etc/hosts.deny:

ALL:  ALL
ALL: 169.237.43.66
ALL: 169.237.43.67
ALL: 169.237.43.33
ALL: 169.237.43.31
... etc ...

does this make sense?   doesn't the first line pretty much say it all?


also - just so i have this clear, tcpd works in the following way:

1. see if the host is allowed (allow).  if so, don't go to 2.
2. see if the host is denied (deny).  if so, don't go to 3.
3. allow access

is that right?

pete