Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] dropping tcp_wrapper support

2011-07-19 Thread Aaron Bull Schaefer
On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Loui Chang wrote: >> > On 07/16/2011 08:06 PM, Peggy Wilkins wrote: >> >> The annoucement suggests that a major reason for dropping support is >> >> that it is "confusing" to end users.  An easy solution to that is to >> >> make a default hosts.allow file that says

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] dropping tcp_wrapper support

2011-07-19 Thread Dimitrios Apostolou
Hello list, I've been using tcp_wrappers on Linux for more than 10 years, and on Archlinux for 6 years. FWIW I'm not happy about this change. Even though I know that the same functionality is provided by iptables, I consider tcp_wrappers the Unix Way. Anyway there is no value in fighting a

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] dropping tcp_wrapper support

2011-07-17 Thread Thomas S Hatch
On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 2:18 PM, Fons Adriaensen wrote: > On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 01:56:58PM -0600, Thomas S Hatch wrote: > > I mentioned that I consider tcp_wrappers to be a DAC, someone asked me to > > clarify on MAC and DAC systems, so I put up a blog post: > > > > > http://red45.wordpress.com/

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] dropping tcp_wrapper support

2011-07-17 Thread Fons Adriaensen
On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 01:56:58PM -0600, Thomas S Hatch wrote: > I mentioned that I consider tcp_wrappers to be a DAC, someone asked me to > clarify on MAC and DAC systems, so I put up a blog post: > > http://red45.wordpress.com/2011/07/17/mac-and-dac-core-security-concepts/ You equate MAC = wh

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] dropping tcp_wrapper support

2011-07-17 Thread Thomas S Hatch
I mentioned that I consider tcp_wrappers to be a DAC, someone asked me to clarify on MAC and DAC systems, so I put up a blog post: http://red45.wordpress.com/2011/07/17/mac-and-dac-core-security-concepts/

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] dropping tcp_wrapper support

2011-07-16 Thread Loui Chang
On Sat 16 Jul 2011 15:47 -0500, Peggy Wilkins wrote: > On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Ionut Biru wrote: > > On 07/16/2011 08:06 PM, Peggy Wilkins wrote: > >> > >> The annoucement suggests that a major reason for dropping support is > >> that it is "confusing" to end users.  An easy solution to t

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] dropping tcp_wrapper support

2011-07-16 Thread Mauro Santos
On 16-07-2011 18:13, Andrea Scarpino wrote: > Technically this is what we did: without tcp_wrappers every input is accepted > now. I'd say that if not using iptables most input was already being accepted anyway so not supporting tcp_wrappers at all will make users more aware of what is allowed i

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] dropping tcp_wrapper support

2011-07-16 Thread Peggy Wilkins
On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 3:58 PM, Thomas Bächler wrote: > > Anyway, sshd can be configured to deny connections depending on the > host, you don't need tcp_wrappers for that. The cost of that solution is requiring sshd restart every time one wanted to modify access. Not the end of the world though

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] dropping tcp_wrapper support

2011-07-16 Thread Thomas S Hatch
On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 3:04 PM, Thomas Bächler wrote: > Am 16.07.2011 23:00, schrieb Richard Ullger: > > What do the devs intend to do with packages that depend on tcp_wrapper > > such as syslog-ng, xinetd and esound which is a dependency of gstreamer? > > > > Richard. > > None of those depends o

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] dropping tcp_wrapper support

2011-07-16 Thread Thomas Bächler
Am 16.07.2011 23:00, schrieb Richard Ullger: > What do the devs intend to do with packages that depend on tcp_wrapper > such as syslog-ng, xinetd and esound which is a dependency of gstreamer? > > Richard. None of those depends on tcp_wrappers. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signat

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] dropping tcp_wrapper support

2011-07-16 Thread Richard Ullger
What do the devs intend to do with packages that depend on tcp_wrapper such as syslog-ng, xinetd and esound which is a dependency of gstreamer? Richard. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] dropping tcp_wrapper support

2011-07-16 Thread Thomas Bächler
Am 16.07.2011 21:51, schrieb Peggy Wilkins: > I have nothing to say against iptables and other full firewall > solutions. However, for my part running a number of desktops for > other people at work with only sshd as a service, tcp wrappers plus > denyhosts (plus disabling password authentication

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] dropping tcp_wrapper support

2011-07-16 Thread Peggy Wilkins
On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Ionut Biru wrote: > On 07/16/2011 08:06 PM, Peggy Wilkins wrote: >> >> The annoucement suggests that a major reason for dropping support is >> that it is "confusing" to end users.  An easy solution to that is to >> make a default hosts.allow file that says "ALL : A

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] dropping tcp_wrapper support

2011-07-16 Thread Jelle van der Waa
On 07/16/2011 09:51 PM, Peggy Wilkins wrote: On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 1:42 PM, Thomas S Hatch wrote: In the end, I tell people that using tcp_wrappers is unnecessary and unwise, iptables is VERY powerful, and once you understand how rules are constructed and parsed it is an easy and manageable

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] dropping tcp_wrapper support

2011-07-16 Thread Ionut Biru
On 07/16/2011 08:06 PM, Peggy Wilkins wrote: I am an end user who is very unhappy about the removal of this option. I didn't even know dropping tcp_wrappers was under consideration; had I known that I would have spoken up with my vote against removing support. The annoucement suggests that a m

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] dropping tcp_wrapper support

2011-07-16 Thread Tom Gundersen
On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 8:42 PM, Thomas S Hatch wrote: > Mind if I try to clear a few things up here? Thanks for the very understandable explanation! Cheers, Tom

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] dropping tcp_wrapper support

2011-07-16 Thread Peggy Wilkins
On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 1:42 PM, Thomas S Hatch wrote: > In the end, I tell people that using tcp_wrappers is unnecessary and unwise, > iptables is VERY powerful, and once you understand how rules are constructed > and parsed it is an easy and manageable solution. I have nothing to say against i

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] dropping tcp_wrapper support

2011-07-16 Thread Thomas S Hatch
Mind if I try to clear a few things up here? 1. Yes Andrea, your iptables rules will most likely not achieve the desired effect, as placing the REJECT on the top will REJECT traffic before it gets to the ACCEPT. 2. tcp_wrappers is old and logically %100 redundant with a subset of the features of i

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] dropping tcp_wrapper support

2011-07-16 Thread Seblu
On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 7:32 PM, Vic Demuzere wrote: > On 16 July 2011 19:22, Andrea Scarpino wrote: >> >> old hosts.allow: >> sshd: 192. >> ntfs: 192. >> >> iptables: >> -A INPUT -j REJECT >> -A INPUT -p tcp -s 192.168.0.0/24 --dport ssh -j ACCEPT >> -A INPUT -p tcp -s 192.168.0.0/24 --dport nfs

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] dropping tcp_wrapper support

2011-07-16 Thread Thomas Bächler
Am 16.07.2011 19:41, schrieb Andrea Scarpino: > On 16 July 2011 19:32, Vic Demuzere wrote: >> So, you're saying that those 4 lines are easier than the 2 short ones >> in hosts.allow? Ah well, I'll have to learn to write iptables scripts >> then, I suppose. > I mean its more intuitive in that way,

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] dropping tcp_wrapper support

2011-07-16 Thread Andrea Scarpino
On 16 July 2011 19:32, Vic Demuzere wrote: > So, you're saying that those 4 lines are easier than the 2 short ones > in hosts.allow? Ah well, I'll have to learn to write iptables scripts > then, I suppose. I mean its more intuitive in that way, you've more power on what is accepted and what isn't.

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] dropping tcp_wrapper support

2011-07-16 Thread Vic Demuzere
On 16 July 2011 19:22, Andrea Scarpino wrote: > > old hosts.allow: > sshd: 192. > ntfs: 192. > > iptables: > -A INPUT -j REJECT > -A INPUT -p tcp -s 192.168.0.0/24 --dport ssh -j ACCEPT > -A INPUT -p tcp -s 192.168.0.0/24 --dport nfs -j ACCEPT > -A INPUT -p udp -s 192.168.0.0/24 --dport nfs -j ACC

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] dropping tcp_wrapper support

2011-07-16 Thread Andrea Scarpino
On Saturday 16 July 2011 19:09:47 Vic Demuzere wrote: > I also use the hosts.allow and hosts.deny files. It's a shame that support > for them will be removed. It's easier than iptables. I find iptables more easier, and intuitive. old hosts.allow: sshd: 192. ntfs: 192. iptables: -A INPUT -j REJECT

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] dropping tcp_wrapper support

2011-07-16 Thread Jelle van der Waa
On 07/16/2011 07:09 PM, Vic Demuzere wrote: I also use the hosts.allow and hosts.deny files. It's a shame that support for them will be removed. It's easier than iptables. But it's not the same as iptables. If you're running a server, you would like to use iptables. Anyway if you really want to

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] dropping tcp_wrapper support

2011-07-16 Thread Andrea Scarpino
On Saturday 16 July 2011 12:06:34 Peggy Wilkins wrote: > The annoucement suggests that a major reason for dropping support is > that it is "confusing" to end users. An easy solution to that is to > make a default hosts.allow file that says "ALL : ALL : ALLOW" out of > the box. Then those of use

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] dropping tcp_wrapper support

2011-07-16 Thread Vic Demuzere
I also use the hosts.allow and hosts.deny files. It's a shame that support for them will be removed. It's easier than iptables. -- v...@demuzere.be :: http://vic.demuzere.be :: PGP: 0x6690CF94 My software never contains bugs, it just develops random features. Sent from my phone, please excuse my

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] dropping tcp_wrapper support

2011-07-16 Thread Peggy Wilkins
I am an end user who is very unhappy about the removal of this option. I didn't even know dropping tcp_wrappers was under consideration; had I known that I would have spoken up with my vote against removing support. The annoucement suggests that a major reason for dropping support is that it is "

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] dropping tcp_wrapper support

2011-07-13 Thread Thomas S Hatch
> > > I would say the same, but a todo list isn't a to-done list, so keep > that in mind. He also pointed out that I got little to no feedback > when I asked about this both a year and six months ago, so > expectations are pretty low this time around. I'm sure if there were > serious objections peo