Re: TCP Wrappers - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Craig Ringer
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Msg-id CAMsr+YHtFL_OBALJOFPqfKiTDcxYjOGna4KL5Y7zuA91cZXNZw@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: TCP Wrappers  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Thu, 10 Oct 2019 at 07:15, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:

That doesn't bode well for the number of people who would use or care
about such a feature.

Agreed.  tcp_wrappers predates the widespread availability of easy, effective software firewalls. Back when services listened on 0.0.0.0 and if you were lucky you had ipfwadm, tcp_wrappers made a lot of sense. Now it's IMO a pointless layer of additional complexity that no longer serves a purpose.


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