PMCD Access control question

[Chandana De Silva <chandana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello All,
The default PMCD access control section has, 

disallow ".*" : store;
disallow ":*" : store;
allow "local:*" : all;

Does this mean that fetch is restricted to localhost, or is fetch
allowed from anywhere. In other words is ".* fetch" the default ?
I can currently access this particular host from any where, which
suggests ".*" 

Thanks
Chandana