On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 11:05:53 -0400 (EDT), you wrote: >I've been toying with the idea for a while now that one could use >a script similar to your excellent template to generate tcpwrappers >entries to deny access in the same fashion. I do not know for sure if, >given a choice between your suggested access policy method ( access.db) > and tcpwrappers, which would be more efficient; >according to the tcpd(8) manpage on a FreeBSD system, inetd actually >runs a proxy of sorts (tcpd) for the daemon to determine access policy for it, >then hands off to the daemon if the connection is allowed. Maybe there >is potential to save some MTA load (and SA processing overhead?) by >blocking the entries [generated by your template] before the MTA sees >them.... ?
I wouldn't wanna run my MTA via inet (or xinet). It would make more sense to use the script to generate an iptables rule (or whatever firewall you use). ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
