SECURENET(5) | 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.

# FILES

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

# EXAMPLES

A configuration file might look like the following:

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

# SEE ALSO

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

# HISTORY

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

September 10, 2015 | Debian