2.6.5. Additional Resources
More information about TCP Wrappers and
xinetd is available from system documentation and on the Internet.
2.6.5.1. Installed TCP Wrappers Documentation
The documentation on your system is a good place to start looking for additional configuration options for TCP Wrappers,
xinetd, and access control.
/usr/share/doc/tcp_wrappers-<version>/— This directory contains aREADMEfile that discusses how TCP Wrappers work and the various hostname and host address spoofing risks that exist./usr/share/doc/xinetd-<version>/— This directory contains aREADMEfile that discusses aspects of access control and asample.conffile with various ideas for modifying service-specific configuration files in the/etc/xinetd.d/directory.- TCP Wrappers and
xinetd-related man pages — A number of man pages exist for the various applications and configuration files involved with TCP Wrappers andxinetd. The following are some of the more important man pages:- Server Applications
man xinetd— The man page forxinetd.
- Configuration Files
man 5 hosts_access— The man page for the TCP Wrappers hosts access control files.man hosts_options— The man page for the TCP Wrappers options fields.man xinetd.conf— The man page listingxinetdconfiguration options.
