Setting
up an NFS server : /etc/hosts.allow
and /etc/hosts.deny
In general it is a good idea with NFS (as with most
internet services) to explicitly deny access to IP addresses that you
don't need to allow access to.
The first step in doing this is to add the followng
entry to /etc/hosts.deny
portmap:ALL
Some sys admins choose to put the entry ALL:ALL in the file /etc/hosts.deny
This causes any service that looks at these files to
deny access to all hosts unless it is explicitly allowed.
While this is more secure behavior, it may also get
you in trouble when you are installing new services.
You may forget you put it there, and you can't figure
out for the life of you why they won't work.
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