On Fri, 2010-10-01 at 19:06 +0530, Jatin K wrote: > what is the perfect way > > only host.allow or host.deny file > > or only iptables ?? One could argue that this is no "perfect" way. And that multiple efforts to protect yourself is the best way. Personally, I'd deny all, and just allow the known address. Then do the same with the firewall rule. Though, I wouldn't allow telnet, at all. Are you sure you need it? -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines