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Search for "tcp wrappers howto" on Google. Yes, this must be
maintained manually. I recommend to do away with /etc/host.deny and
have "ALL :ALL@ALL :deny" as the last line of /etc/hosts.allow.

On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 11:51 PM, James Stull <rivitir@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a gentoo desktop profile system and I would like to use tcp wrappers
> to secure certain services like ssh. I followed the documentation I could
> find from the security guide to install the ebuild but I don't have the
> /etc/hosts.allow or hosts.deny. Do I have to manually create these? Is their
> any other documentation available that I can use to help me install and
> configure it properly?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>

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Hi there...

You can also install the "DenyHosts" package, which will parse your syslog
for failed ssh entries, and then update/maintain /etc/hosts.{allow,deny}.

http://denyhosts.sourceforge.net/

You can run it as a daemon, or from within cron.

hth
- -brant

brant williams
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On Sat, 10 Jan 2009, Chris O'Regan wrote:

> Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:51:47 -0500
> From: Chris O'Regan <chris.oregan@gmail.com>
> Reply-To: gentoo-security@lists.gentoo.org
> To: gentoo-security@lists.gentoo.org
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-security] TCP Wrapper Documentation
>
> Search for "tcp wrappers howto" on Google. Yes, this must be
> maintained manually. I recommend to do away with /etc/host.deny and
> have "ALL :ALL@ALL :deny" as the last line of /etc/hosts.allow.
>
> On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 11:51 PM, James Stull <rivitir@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have a gentoo desktop profile system and I would like to use tcp wrappers
>> to secure certain services like ssh. I followed the documentation I could
>> find from the security guide to install the ebuild but I don't have the
>> /etc/hosts.allow or hosts.deny. Do I have to manually create these? Is their
>> any other documentation available that I can use to help me install and
>> configure it properly?
>>
>> Thanks for your help.
>>
>
>
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Thank you for all the suggestions, they have been very helpful and I now
have my tcp wrappers up and running.

Just out of curiosity, why doesn't the ebuild install /etc/hosts.allow/deny
with some basic configuration examples or at least empty files?



On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 12:50 PM, brant williams <brant@tnarb.net> wrote:

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> Hi there...
>
> You can also install the "DenyHosts" package, which will parse your syslog
> for failed ssh entries, and then update/maintain /etc/hosts.{allow,deny}.
>
> http://denyhosts.sourceforge.net/
>
> You can run it as a daemon, or from within cron.
>
> hth
> - -brant
>
> brant williams
> FCAA CDCA 20BC 3925 D634 F5C4 7420 6784 4DEB 6002
>
>
>
> On Sat, 10 Jan 2009, Chris O'Regan wrote:
>
> Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:51:47 -0500
>> From: Chris O'Regan <chris.oregan@gmail.com>
>> Reply-To: gentoo-security@lists.gentoo.org
>> To: gentoo-security@lists.gentoo.org
>> Subject: Re: [gentoo-security] TCP Wrapper Documentation
>>
>>
>> Search for "tcp wrappers howto" on Google. Yes, this must be
>> maintained manually. I recommend to do away with /etc/host.deny and
>> have "ALL :ALL@ALL :deny" as the last line of /etc/hosts.allow.
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 11:51 PM, James Stull <rivitir@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I have a gentoo desktop profile system and I would like to use tcp
>>> wrappers
>>> to secure certain services like ssh. I followed the documentation I could
>>> find from the security guide to install the ebuild but I don't have the
>>> /etc/hosts.allow or hosts.deny. Do I have to manually create these? Is
>>> their
>>> any other documentation available that I can use to help me install and
>>> configure it properly?
>>>
>>> Thanks for your help.
>>>
>>>
>>
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I can think of three reasons: less clutter, less maintenance, and
keeping the machine from wasting time parsing the file on busy systems
that may have libwrap-enabled applications, but where no access
controls have been configured.

On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 7:32 PM, James Stull <rivitir@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you for all the suggestions, they have been very helpful and I now
> have my tcp wrappers up and running.
>
> Just out of curiosity, why doesn't the ebuild install /etc/hosts.allow/deny
> with some basic configuration examples or at least empty files?
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 12:50 PM, brant williams <brant@tnarb.net> wrote:
>>
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>>
>> Hi there...
>>
>> You can also install the "DenyHosts" package, which will parse your syslog
>> for failed ssh entries, and then update/maintain /etc/hosts.{allow,deny}.
>>
>> http://denyhosts.sourceforge.net/
>>
>> You can run it as a daemon, or from within cron.
>>
>> hth
>> - -brant
>>
>> brant williams
>> FCAA CDCA 20BC 3925 D634 F5C4 7420 6784 4DEB 6002
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 10 Jan 2009, Chris O'Regan wrote:
>>
>>> Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:51:47 -0500
>>> From: Chris O'Regan <chris.oregan@gmail.com>
>>> Reply-To: gentoo-security@lists.gentoo.org
>>> To: gentoo-security@lists.gentoo.org
>>> Subject: Re: [gentoo-security] TCP Wrapper Documentation
>>>
>>> Search for "tcp wrappers howto" on Google. Yes, this must be
>>> maintained manually. I recommend to do away with /etc/host.deny and
>>> have "ALL :ALL@ALL :deny" as the last line of /etc/hosts.allow.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 11:51 PM, James Stull <rivitir@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I have a gentoo desktop profile system and I would like to use tcp
>>>> wrappers
>>>> to secure certain services like ssh. I followed the documentation I
>>>> could
>>>> find from the security guide to install the ebuild but I don't have the
>>>> /etc/hosts.allow or hosts.deny. Do I have to manually create these? Is
>>>> their
>>>> any other documentation available that I can use to help me install and
>>>> configure it properly?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for your help.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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