Kaushal Shriyan: > I have RHL9 installed and I am using TCP Wrappers, In the > /etc/hosts.deny > I have put > > vsftpd : ALL EXCEPT : localhost > > but doesnot work for me I want to deny FTP Service to localhost > > Any Clue My /etc/hosts.allow looks some-what like this: vsftpd : 172.16.1.2 : ALLOW ALL : ALL : DENY ALL : DENY Which removes the need for a /etc/hosts.deny. It's a better way to block all services not explicitly defined. Krack