Re: Does anyone use tcp wrappers (hosts.allow/hosts.deny) anymore?

[Max Pyziur <pyz@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 21 Mar 2014, Fernando Cassia wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 3:54 PM, James A. Peltier <jpeltier@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>
>> I'd love to hear about the "old and unmaintainable code".  It's open
>> source code.  If somethings broken you can fix it right!?! That's the open
>> source mantra!  Either provide a set of reasons why it should be removed
>> and the alternatives that cover all the use cases of TCP Wrappers or let
>> the code, that obviously works remain there undisturbed.  It's an extra
>> layer of security that administrators can use to secure their systems and
>> it's dead simple to understand!
>>
>
> +1

+1

> If it works, it works. Period. It doesn't matter if it was coded by an
> ancient civilization carved in stone, or that it hasn't been updated in
> centuries.
>
> Perhaps it hasn't been updated in centuries precisely because it work,s so
> there's no need to update it!
>
> FC

MP
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