[olug] hosts.allow file

[Phil Brutsche]

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...

> He claims you have to edit /etc/hosts.allow and put in
> the other machines' IP address

Not necessarily.  It depends on the contents of /etc/hosts.deny.

> #
> #
> #Example
>
> ALL : 168.192.1.101
>
> Will this work?

No.

I think you mean 192.168.1.101.

169.192.1.101 is part of Sprint's dial-up network :)

> And what is the best protocol to use?  SSL, ftp, telnet, or is there
> something that only pertains to Linux?

SSL itself isn't a protocol - it's used by the ftp and telnet daemons, as
well as many others, to encrypt the data stream.

Use ftp or ssh.  They're the simplest.


Phil


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