#506935 link exim4 with libwrap?

Package:
exim4
Source:
exim4
Submitter:
Obi
Date:
2012-12-26 11:15:06 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
#506935#5
Date:
2008-11-26 03:34:59 UTC
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To:
Hello,

I've been using exim for quite a while, for servers and laptop, and I
always thought that exim4 was linked with libwrap to obey the
hosts.{deny|access} rules, but I just realized that I was absolutely
wrong.

Is it possible to link exim with the libwrap? I find it very convenient
for small system to be able to not expose port 25 to everybody.

thanks
graziano
#506935#10
Date:
2008-11-30 12:48:18 UTC
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To:
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Hello,

exim4 used to be linked against libwrap in the beginning, we dropped
it for these reasons:

- exim v3 was not linked against libwrap and switching from v3 to v4
  would have broken installations with strict libwrap setup. (ALL: ALL
  in host.deny.)

- Exim has built-in support for this (acl_smtp_connect).

- On non-internet systems in the default Debian configuration exim4
  does not even listen on public interfaces.

cu andreas