Re: Netatalk security aspects?


Subject: Re: Netatalk security aspects?
From: Yannai A. Gonczarowski (yannaigo@leyada.jlm.k12.il)
Date: Mon Jun 30 1997 - 09:49:43 EDT


Jason Luther wrote:
>
> On Sat, 28 Jun 1997, Georg Schwarz wrote:
>
> xinetd and tcpwrappers (afaik) control connections to a host based on IP
> address. xinetd is a replacement for inetd.
>
> > Are there any measures one should take in order to diminish the risk of
> > a NetaTalk server getting hacked? For example, is it possible to
> > restrict access to an explicite list of ethernet addresses only?
> > Could and should one prevent users from exporting arbitrary directories?
> > Thanks.

However, if you have a router, or another firewall, etc..., you can
authenticate by hardware addresses.

Bye,
Yannai.

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