[arch-general] [arch-dev-public] dropping tcp_wrapper support

[Vic Demuzere]

I also use the hosts.allow and hosts.deny files. It's a shame that support
for them will be removed. It's easier than iptables.

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On Jul 16, 2011 7:06 PM, "Peggy Wilkins" <enlil65 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am an end user who is very unhappy about the removal of this option.
> I didn't even know dropping tcp_wrappers was under consideration; had
> I known that I would have spoken up with my vote against removing
> support.
>
> The annoucement suggests that a major reason for dropping support is
> that it is "confusing" to end users. An easy solution to that is to
> make a default hosts.allow file that says "ALL : ALL : ALLOW" out of
> the box. Then those of use wanting to simply restrict access (useful
> in many scenarios) can change that default as needed.
>
> IMO for users who want to use this feature, the burden is on the end
> user to find which services support tcp wrappers and which don't. A
> default "allow" policy makes this simple.
>
> Surely I'm not the only tcp wrappers user out there. I will sorely
> miss this option and strongly wish it to remain.