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Re: [SLE] Help hosts.deny
  • From: Bruce Marshall <bmarsh@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 14:32:54 -0400
  • Message-id: <200606151432.54985.bmarsh@xxxxxxxxxx>
On Thursday 15 June 2006 09:41, David Rankin wrote:
> From: "Bruce Marshall" <bmarsh@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> > Isn't it true that hosts.deny will only be used when someone has gotten
> > by your firewall?
> >
> > Given that, what is your firewall allowing into your network?
>
> ssh/ftp/pptp/imaps/http/smtp, and Bruce you are correct, thus the reason
> for the need for the hosts.deny config


Are these things that just you want access to? (or let's say a small group
of people?)

I put my ssh on a high port that would take a script kiddy awhile to find.

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