Changeset f2d2b62

Timestamp:

08/01/2012 01:32:04 AM (12 years ago)

Author:

Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 7.10, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.6-blfs, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, basic, bdubbs/svn, elogind, gnome, kde5-13430, kde5-14269, kde5-14686, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, krejzi/svn, lazarus, lxqt, nosym, perl-modules, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, systemd-11177, systemd-13485, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

bc6e56d

Parents:

c627795

Message:

Remove obsolete instructions in tcpwrappers

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@10485 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

File:

• postlfs/security/tcpwrappers.xml (modified) (4 diffs)

postlfs/security/tcpwrappers.xml

@@ -5 +5 @@
   %general-entities;
 
-  <!ENTITY tcpwrappers-download-http "http://files.ichilton.co.uk/nfs/tcp_wrappers_&tcpwrappers-version;.tar.gz">
+  <!ENTITY tcpwrappers-download-http " ">
   <!ENTITY tcpwrappers-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_&tcpwrappers-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY tcpwrappers-md5sum        "e6fa25f71226d090f34de3f6b122fb5a">
@@ -32 +32 @@
       <para>The <application>TCP Wrapper</application> package provides daemon
       wrapper programs that report the name of the client requesting network
-      services and the requested service.</para>
+      services and the requested service.  This capability is obsolete in 
+      a modern environment, but several applications still use the library
+      and associated configuration files.</para>
 
     &lfs70_checked;
@@ -115 +117 @@
         <primary sortas="e-etc-hosts.deny">/etc/hosts.deny</primary>
       </indexterm>
-
+<!--
       <para>File protections: the wrapper, all files used by the wrapper,
       and all directories in the path leading to those files, should be
@@ -138 +140 @@
         <para>The <command>finger</command> server is used as an example here.</para>
       </note>
-<!--
+
       <para>Similar changes must be made if <application>xinetd</application> is
       used, with the emphasis being on calling <command>/usr/sbin/tcpd</command>