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

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On 23 Oct 1998, Frank Bennett wrote:

> Jim Schweizer <schweiz_nospam@example.com> writes:
> 
> > 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!
> > 
> > Anyway, are wildcards like * allowed? For example can I do:
> > 
> > ALL : *.goo.ne.jp
> > ALL : *.melco.co.jp
> 
> The following clips of text are from the man page called up by
> "man hosts.deny" under RedHat Sparc Linux 4.1.  I think it
> tells you what you need to know.

incidentally, TurboLinux has this manpage as well.  What distribution are
you using, Jim?


You can also use ipfwadm to block the host's access..

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