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  From: Nick Morrison <nickm@bhwb.nsw.gov.au>
  To  : LinuxSA Mailing list <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 22:12:17 +1030

Re: Host level security

It was Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 10:32:08AM +0000.  Cessna spake:
> Hi All,
> 
> I'm trying to find something which is equivalent to tcpwrappers
> but which allows me to control which client systems can access
> *any* IP based service on a server. For example, something which
> can allow/disallow access to Oracles' SQL*Net server based upon
> the IP address of the client.
> 
> Does anyone know of anything which is generic enough to be
> able to provide this sort of access control based upon the IP
> address of the client?
> 
> And no, I don't want to put a firewall in front of the server for a
> whole bunch of reasons!

Would IP Chains not to the job?

man ipchains

(read the HOWTO .. /usr/doc/HOWTO/ipchains-HOWTO or similar)

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Nick Morrison <nickm@bhwb.nsw.gov.au>

Australian Inland Energy and Water
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