Search for "tcp wrappers howto" on Google. Yes, this must be maintained manually. I recommend to do away with /etc/host.deny and have "ALL :a...@all :deny" as the last line of /etc/hosts.allow.
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 11:51 PM, James Stull <rivi...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a gentoo desktop profile system and I would like to use tcp wrappers > to secure certain services like ssh. I followed the documentation I could > find from the security guide to install the ebuild but I don't have the > /etc/hosts.allow or hosts.deny. Do I have to manually create these? Is their > any other documentation available that I can use to help me install and > configure it properly? > > Thanks for your help. >
