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  4. Install TCP Wrappers – Allow localhost. Note: Replace 172.16.100.0/255.255.255.0 with a network block in use at your organization.

Install TCP Wrappers – Allow localhost. Note: Replace 172.16.100.0/255.255.255.0 with a network block in use at your organization.

Details

TCP Wrappers allow the administrator to control who has access to various network services based on the IP address of the remote end of the connection. TCP Wrappers also provide logging information via syslog about both successful and unsuccessful connections.

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: System and Communications Protection.This control applies to the following type of system Unix.

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Updated on July 16, 2022
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