Re: heads up: tcpwrappers support going away

[Date Prev] [Date Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

 



On 22 Apr 2014, at 23:31, James Cloos wrote:

>>>>>> "DM" == Damien Miller <djm@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> DM> This is an early warning: OpenSSH will drop tcpwrappers in the next
> DM> release.
> 
> This will need a wider announcement.  Most auto-block solutions I've
> looked at add entries to hosts.allow.

+1. Denyhosts suddenly stopping working is not a great plan.

Personally I don't want an automated script futzing with iptables,
and making it reload sshd.conf does not seem a great plan either.
Making things 'fail insecure' does not seem the right thing to do.

-- 
Alex Bligh




_______________________________________________
openssh-unix-dev mailing list
openssh-unix-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
https://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev




[Date Prev] [Date Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

[Index of Archives]     [Linux ARM Kernel]     [Linux ARM]     [Linux Omap]     [Fedora ARM]     [IETF Annouce]     [Security]     [Bugtraq]     [Linux]     [Linux OMAP]     [Linux MIPS]     [ECOS]     [Asterisk Internet PBX]     [Linux API]

  Powered by Linux