** Reply to message from chas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Tue, 15 Jan 2002 00:12:31 
+0000


> Pls excuse my ignorance here but if one is using ipchains or iptables,
> is tcp wrappers now redundant ? (ipchains certainly seems so much more
> flexible). Anybody using both ? 

Egads, no!!!!  Your /etc/hosts.deny is your friend if you must for whatever reason run 
a port wide open (say ssh port 22) but you still want to maintain some access control. 
A packet firewall should never be assumed to be the only line of defence you need on a 
system.

jb



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