NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     securenet - ypserv(8) configuration file for secure networks

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The  securenet  file controls which hosts can connect to the
YP server.

     The format is rather  simple.   Each  row  consists  of  two
items.  The first
     item is the network mask.  The second item is the network.

FILES    [Toc]    [Back]

     /var/yp/securenet  a ypserv(8) configuration file

EXAMPLES    [Toc]    [Back]

     A configuration file might look like the following:

     #
     # Only my local net is secure.
     #
     255.255.255.0 139.58.253.0

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     ypserv.acl(5), yp(8), ypserv(8)

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

     The  securenet  file  was  added to NIS by Sun Microsystems,
Inc. as a bugfix
     for weak security.

OpenBSD     3.6                           June      27,      1994