From 7b993e818643bfd6eba2a70315cfc3dd201305eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: hpa Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 04:55:35 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Recommend kernel-based firewalling rules instead. --- README.security | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.security b/README.security index 5627601..9b9a129 100644 --- a/README.security +++ b/README.security @@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ work. tftpd automatically drops privilege and changes user ID to "nobody" by default; the appropriate user ID for tftpd can be specified with the -u option (e.g. "-u tftpuser"). -If you are running a very busy boot server in a secure (firewalled!) -configuration, you may want to compile tftpd without tcpwrapper -support, in order to provide significantly better performance. To do -so, specify the --without-tcpwrappers option to configure when -compiling. +If you are running a busy boot server, I would suggest to instead use +kernel-based firewalling rules, and to compile tftpd without +tcpwrapper support, in order to provide significantly better +performance. To do so, specify the --without-tcpwrappers option to +configure when compiling.