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by acoppora 1407 days ago
Why is tcp wrappers still there? The overlying theme of the SSH section is about going against upstream in the name of backwards compatibility, which it sounds like FreeBSD still does (albeit to a smaller degree).
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tcp_wrappers is still there because it provides functionality not otherwise available that is still used, and has a relatively small impact on the attack surface.