Hi,

I think you could do it via ipchains (or iptables). You will block the
packets at kernel level (kernel do the packet filtering), I think it's a
good and secure way.

Anyone who have another idea please give it to us.

Alexandre Benson Smith
Development
THOR Software e Comercial Ltda.
Santo Andre - SP - Brazil
www.thorsoftware.com.br

At 10:48 14/03/02 +0000, you wrote:

>Hi All,
> I am running Firebird Super Server on a linux box. I want to stop
>users from all IP addresses bar 2 class C addresses from accessing
>firebird.
>
> What is the best way of doing this?
>
>What effect do hosts.allow, hosts.deny and hosts.equiv have on
>Firebird Super Server?
>
>Regards
> Ian Newby
>
>
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