Clear up what the line "ALL : PARANOID : RFC931 20 : deny" means

to tcp wrappers. The description is a little long, but hopefully
accurate.
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David Malone 2001-08-18 14:22:52 +00:00
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@ -26,7 +26,12 @@ ALL : ALL : allow
# need to do it, here's how
#sshd : .evil.cracker.example.com : deny
# Provide some protection against clients using a forged source IP address
# Protect against simple DNS spoofing attacks by checking that the
# forward and reverse records for the remote host match. If a mismatch
# occurs, access is denied, and any positive ident response within
# 20 seconds is logged. No protection is afforded against DNS poisoning,
# IP spoofing or more complicated attacks. Hosts with no reverse DNS
# pass this rule.
ALL : PARANOID : RFC931 20 : deny
# Allow anything from localhost. Note that an IP address (not a host