How should access rules be formatted?
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The format for both /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny are identical. Any blank lines or lines that start with a hash mark (#) are ignored, and each rule must be on its own line.
Each rule uses the following basic format to control access to network services:
<daemon list>: <client list> [: <option> : <option&g...Subscriber exclusive content
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