Are TCP wrappers obsolete ?

[Niki Kovacs]

Hi,

I wonder if /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny are becoming obsolete. 
As far as I can tell (correct me if I'm wrong), they don't serve any 
practical purpose.

1. The services actually protected by TCP wrappers are only a handful.

2. Nothing in here that iptables couldn't do anyway.

What's the guru's take on this?

Cheers,

Niki

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