Re: tcpwrapper and xinetd

From: Jose Nazario (jose@biocserver.BIOC.cwru.edu)
Date: 08/17/01 

Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 11:36:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jose Nazario <jose@biocserver.BIOC.cwru.edu>
To: Seth Arnold <sarnold@wirex.com>
Subject: Re: tcpwrapper and xinetd
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.30.0108171136160.31819-100000@biocserver.BIOC.CWRU.Edu>

On Thu, 16 Aug 2001, Seth Arnold wrote:

> I do not think xinetd uses tcp_wrappers -- it has re-implemented much
> of the functionality. Take a look at xinetd.conf(5), look for
> only_from.

you can compile xinetd with libwrap support. this is helpful if you are
migrating and dont want to have to rewrite your access lists.

i did a writeup on xinetd in the march issue of linux journal.

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