# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: # The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line # up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' # on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must # make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also # customary to leave one space after the ':'. |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| tcp_wrappers: tcp_wrappers (TCP/IP daemon wrapper library and utilities) tcp_wrappers: tcp_wrappers: With this package you can monitor and filter incoming requests for tcp_wrappers: network services for access control, and detection things like host tcp_wrappers: name spoofing and host address spoofing. Nearly all the network tcp_wrappers: daemons on Slackware are "wrapped" using this library, and most tcp_wrappers: daemons in /etc/inetd.conf use tcp_wrappers' tcpd wrapper daemon. tcp_wrappers: If you plan to do much networking, you will need tcp_wrappers. tcp_wrappers: tcp_wrappers: tcp_wrappers was written by Wietse Venema. tcp_wrappers: