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Diffstat (limited to 'security/tcp_wrapper/pkg-descr')
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diff --git a/security/tcp_wrapper/pkg-descr b/security/tcp_wrapper/pkg-descr index 7afb891c523d..ebde7a2713aa 100644 --- a/security/tcp_wrapper/pkg-descr +++ b/security/tcp_wrapper/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ -This is the 6.3 version of the TCP/IP daemon wrapper package. + +This is the 7.0 version of the TCP/IP daemon wrapper package. With this package you can monitor and filter incoming requests for the SYSTAT, FINGER, FTP, TELNET, RLOGIN, RSH, EXEC, TFTP, TALK, and other @@ -6,13 +7,14 @@ network services. The package provides tiny daemon wrapper programs that can be installed without any changes to existing software or to existing configuration -files. The wrappers report the name of the remote host and of the +files. The wrappers report the name of the client host and of the requested service; the wrappers do not exchange information with the -remote client process, and impose no overhead on the actual -communication between the client and server applications. +client or server applications, and impose no overhead on the actual +conversation between the client and server applications. Optional features are: access control to restrict what systems can -connect to your network daemons; remote user name lookups with the RFC -931 protocol; additional protection against hosts that pretend to have -someone elses host name; additional protection against hosts that +connect to what network daemons; client user name lookups with the RFC +931 etc. protocol; additional protection against hosts that pretend to +have someone elses host name; additional protection against hosts that pretend to have someone elses host address. + |