17.5. Additional Resources
17.5. Additional Resources Additional information concerning TCP wrappers and xinetd is available from system documentation and on the Internet. 17.5.1. Installed Documentation The bundled documentation on your system is a good place to start looking for additional TCP Wrappers, xinetd , and access control configuration options. /usr/share/doc/tcp_wrappers- <version> / - This directory contains a README file that discusses how TCP wrappers work and the various hostname and host address spoofing risks that exist. /usr/share/doc/xinetd- <version> / - This directory contains a README file that discusses aspects of access control and a sample.conf file with various ideas for modifying service-specific configuration files in the /etc/xinetd.d/ directory. TCP wrappers and xinetd related man pages - There are a number of man pages for the various applications and configuration files involved with TCP wrappers and xinetd . The following lists some of the more important man pages. Server Applications man xinetd - The man page for the xinetd super service daemon. Configuration Files man 5 hosts_access - The man page for the TCP wrappers hosts access control files. man hosts_options - The man page for the TCP wrappers options fields. man xinetd.conf - The man page listing xinetd configuration options.