30 Jan
2008
30 Jan
'08
1:52 p.m.
On 30/01/2008, Phil Ashby phil.ashby@bt.com wrote:
On Wed, 2008-01-30 at 12:11 +0000, Jenny Hopkins wrote:
Putting ALL:* at the end of the file has fixed the problem, but I have a worry that all I've done is cancel out the hosts.deny file so anyone can access anything.
Yup - that's what you have done.
Or can they just access the services that are listed in the hosts.allow file i.e. ftp, svn, sshd, telnet?
Nope - you have permitted anyone access to any service.
Best not do that then! Googling, it looks like I need to tell libwrap not to bother with reverse DNS lookups, with various arguments about whether or not this is a good thing.
Thanks for the help,
Jenny