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version 0.2

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This is version 0.2 of pytcpwrap - a Python wrapper for libwrap

TCPWrap wraps function hosts_ctl() which reads the /etc/hosts.deny and /etc/hosts.allow files.

for more documentation see man hosts_access(3)

(PLEASE NOTE : : TCP wrappers is a rather weak security mechanism and is interalia not able to detect IP spoofing. 
On high risk systems you can not rely on TCP wrappers alone.)

Download

http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ples/pytcpwrap_0.2.tar.gz?download from http://ples.sf.net

Current version is 0.2 which can be described as stable.

Installation

Unpack the tar.gz file somewhere.

as user root:

python setup.py install

Usage

see test/tester.py for an example.

Please note that your hosts.deny file must specify a default restrictive policy to have any  effect.

Supported platforms

*nixes

Unfortunately nothing for Windows - yet another good reason to get yourself a decent operating system ;)

Tested on platforms

Slackware Linux 9.0, kernel 2.4.20, TCP wrappers (libwrap) 7.6

License terms

LGPL 

Bugs and issues

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