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Paul Johnson wrote:
> One security tip I got years ago was to turn off all access by setting
> the file /etc/hosts.deny like this:
>
> ALL:ALL
>
>
> And then in /etc/hosts.allow, I allow in only specific services and
> specific ip address ranges that I want to allow. For example, I
> usually allow only ssh connections from a few specific places:
>
> ALL: 127.0.0.1
> sshd: 24.124.
> sshd: 129.237.
> sshfwd-X11: 24.124.
> sshfwd-X11: 129.237.
>
> This has served me well to keep out other users and protect myself
> from starting services that I don't want.
>
> Now in FC6 I notice that xinetd is not installed and so these host
> files have no effect. of course, I can install xinetd, but I'm
> suspecting that the FC6 designers want me to do something else in
> order to control access. How does one achieve the same effect without
> using xinetd?
What does xinetd not being installed have to do with ssh checking
hosts.{deny,allow}? Dropping ALL:ALL in /etc/hosts.deny and reloading
sshd works as expected here to deny access to ssh. I don't see why
any other service that uses hosts.{deny,allow} wouldn't work the same
way. Not all services use those files though, and security is always
better in layers. If you really want to block access, use a firewall
as well as securing the services you can via hosts.{deny,allow} (or
better yet just not running them in the first place).
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