glfs/basicnet/netprogs/tcpwrappers/tcpwrappers-desc.xml
Larry Lawrence 0f5698f7e5 add tcp-wrappers-7.6
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<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>
<para>The tcpwrappers package contains
safe_finger tcpd tcpdchk tcpdmatch try-from
<userinput>tcpd</userinput>,
<userinput>tcpdchk</userinput>,
<userinput>tcpdmatch</userinput>,
<userinput>try-from</userinput> and
<userinput>safe_finger</userinput>.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2><title>Description</title>
<sect3><title>tcpd</title>
<para>tcpd is the main access control daemon for all internet
services, which inetd or xinetd will run instead of running the
requested service daemon.</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>tcpdchk</title>
<para>tcpdchk is a tool to examine a tcpd wrapper configuration and
report problems with it.</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>tcpdmatch</title>
<para>tcpdmatch is used to predict how the tcp wrapper would handle a
specific request for a service.</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>try-from</title>
<para>try-from can be called via a remote shell command to find out if
the host name and address are properly recognized.</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>safe_finger</title>
<para>safe_finger is a wrapper for the finger utility, to provide
automatic reverse name lookups.</para></sect3>
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