• block services through just two files:
    /etc/hosts.allow
    /etc/hosts.deny
  • each has simple format: daemon:host1,host2,domain1,domain2
  • system reads allow, then deny, until a match is found, then it quits
  • changes take effect immediately
  • want to allow everything? ALL : ALL
  • want to block the 192.168.15.0 network? 192.168.15.0/255.255.255.0
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