From 8172e29086d50c35783cb8d6ac4a55c0f328eb0f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sheldon Hearn Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 08:31:59 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add IP addresses to the rules required to "Allow anything from localhost", since portmap(8) is included in "anything". Submitted by: Doug Barton --- etc/hosts.allow | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/etc/hosts.allow b/etc/hosts.allow index fbb20a7e2f51..0cdc4d933e2a 100644 --- a/etc/hosts.allow +++ b/etc/hosts.allow @@ -29,9 +29,10 @@ ALL : ALL : allow # Prevent those with no reverse DNS from connecting. ALL : PARANOID : RFC931 20 : deny -# Allow anything from localhost -ALL : localhost : allow -ALL : my.machine.example.com : allow +# Allow anything from localhost. Note that an IP address (not a host +# name) *MUST* be specified for portmap(8). +ALL : localhost 127.0.0.1 : allow +ALL : my.machine.example.com 192.0.2.35 : allow # Sendmail can help protect you against spammers and relay-rapers sendmail : localhost : allow