** Reply to message from Robert Finneran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Tue, 15 Jan 
2002 15:30:47 -0800


> But you can also restrict access to hosts in the ipchains/iptables scripts.
> I use tcpwrappers also, but technically, I think it is correct, if you
> blocked access at the firewall level, the request would never be seen by the
> tcp wrapper daemon. ipchains and iptables happen at the kernel/networking
> layer. Isn't this correct?

True. But not setting up your host_access files properly is not just lazy but 
foolhardy, even with a working packet filter ruleset. 

jb



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