TCP Wrappers ?

juanb · 01-31-2004, 01:03 PM

Hi !!
can some one explain me what is TCP Wrappers ?

I tried to look in google but I didnt understand what is the purpose of it.

thanks

Tinkster · 01-31-2004, 01:35 PM

TCP wrappers is a basic way to
configure some filtering functionality in
Unix systems using TCP ...

Have a look at
man 5 hosts_access
and the files
/etc/hosts.allow
/etc/hosts.deny
/etc/inetd.conf

Cheers,
Tink

P.S.: Sometimes info is at your fingertips, no
need to google. Always remember: man (and
apropos [man -k]) is your friend! :}