[2566] in bugtraq
Re: tcpd on IRIX (was Re: SunOS 4.1.4 fingerd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bernd Lehle)
Tue May 21 13:53:12 1996
Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 14:27:31 +0200
Reply-To: Bugtraq List <BUGTRAQ@netspace.org>
From: Bernd Lehle <Bernd.Lehle@RUS.Uni-Stuttgart.DE>
To: Multiple recipients of list BUGTRAQ <BUGTRAQ@netspace.org>
In-Reply-To: <199605211032.GAA12295@Collatz.McRCIM.McGill.EDU> from "der
Mouse" at May 21, 96 06:32:50 am
> > We use tcpd (tcp-wrappers) to block outside finger connections on a
> > machine, but [...]. So I still have to modify the source for the
> > fingers on any machine that won't run wrappers (like IRIX).
>
> Huh? We tcp-wrap our IRIX machines, no problem....
There was an update from tcp_wrapper 7.3 to 7.4 that fixed most of
the IRIX problems (read the documentation). On IRIX 5.3, 7.2 and
7.4 work fine.
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