[asterisk-dev] libwrap

[Jeffrey C. Ollie]

On Tue, 2006-08-08 at 15:28 -0500, Tilghman Lesher wrote:
> On Tuesday 08 August 2006 13:29, Peter Beckman wrote:
> > Noticed that Asterisk doesn't use libwrap.  Any reason?  Could it be
> > added? It would be handy.
> 
> The fact that Asterisk does not have external dependencies now is
> entirely by design.  Unless there's a convincing argument put through
> to start, I don't expect that to change.

Asterisk has boatloads of external dependencies, especially if you want
some of the more interesting features.  The real reason for not needing
libwrap is that Asterisk already has a more sophisticated authentication
and authorization infrastructure than libwrap can provide.

Jeff

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