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Subject: Re: Denyhost
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Sahil Tandon wrote:
> Andrea Venturoli <ml@netfence.it> wrote:
>
>   
>> Anyone using this?
>> I've used it for a long time on a 6.x box and it worked fine.
>> Recently I had to deactivate it since it seems to lock away every IP which 
>> is listed in the logs.
>> Any hint?
>>     
>
> Give more information.  Which logs?  Give an example.  Show relevant excerpts 
> from your denyhosts configuration.  Which version of denyhosts are you 
> running?  How and where in /etc/hosts.allow is the denyhosts list being 
> referenced?
>
>   
If this is the security/denyhosts port being discussed, and all traffic 
is being blocked from listed IPs, that is a config possibility.  IP 
addresses that show up in the deny list can either have ssh or all 
traffic denied from those specific hosts.

Brian