Let’s Wrap It Up!
TCP_Wrappers
- Used to provide IP address-level security to daemons run from inetd
- Can also be used with non-inetd daemons if they can link with the libwrap library
- Logs successful and failed attempts via syslog facility
- Requires modification to /etc/inetd.conf
- Written by Wietse Venema of the Netherlands
- ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/index.html