SECURENET(5) BSD File Formats Manual SECURENET(5)NAME
securenet — ypserv(8) configuration file for secure networks
DESCRIPTION
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.
EXAMPLES
A configuration file might appear as follows:
#
# Only my local net is secure.
#
255.255.255.0 139.58.253.0
FILES
/var/yp/securenet A ypserv(8) configuration file.
SEE ALSOyp(8), ypserv(8), ypserv.acl(5)HISTORY
The securenet was added to NIS by Sun Microsystems, Inc. as a bugfix for
weak security.
BSD June 27, 1994 BSD