Firewalls: /etc/hosts.equiv file

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Subject:	/etc/hosts.equiv file
From:	"Michael M. Pan" <pa96m @ ccwf . cc . utexas . edu>
Date:	Wed, 16 Feb 1994 17:36:58 -0600 (CST)
To:	firewalls @ greatcircle . com

If the /etc/hosts.equiv file contains only one line:
+ @
 all
will it cause any security problem?

If I remove the /etc/hosts.equiv file and add two files
/etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny, will they prevent
the security problem?

Thanks.

-Ming Pan

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