Re: tlug: wildcards in /etc/hosts.deny

[Jim Tittsler <jwt-tlug@example.com>]

On Fri, Oct 23, 1998 at 06:00:15PM +0900, Jim Schweizer wrote:
> Did you know there's nothing apropos for hosts.deny? No man page,
> nothing in Running Linux, Practical UNIX & Internet Security, UNIX
> System Administration Handbook or the Linux Network Administrator's
> Guide!

I agree it is well hidden.  'man 5 hosts_access'
(And no, I can never remember that either.  I do 'man tcpd' and then
check the "see also" :-)

> Anyway, are wildcards like * allowed? For example can I do:
> ALL : *.goo.ne.jp
> ALL : *.melco.co.jp

I think for this sort of thing you don't use the *.  Try:
ALL: .goo.ne.jp
ALL: .melco.co.jp

which checks for matching ends.

-- 
Jim Tittsler, Tokyo   ICQ: 5981586


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