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From: Ken Arnold <kn6a...@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Securing ports/services-tcp wrappers vs. config files/iptables
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Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 09:44:53 -0600


   First thanks in advance for any responses.  I wanted to get some 
opinions on securing services in linux.  Right now, my boss wants me to 
use tcp wrappers to secure things.  This works, but as far as I know, 
this isn't really the way things are done now.  Apache, Samba, and I'm 
sure others have security rules (allow from, allow/deny) in the config 
file and it seems that more and more people are using iptables to secure 
access.

   Are tcp wrappers still widely used or is it better to secure things 
via the config files and/or iptables?  Thanks.

Ken.