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Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 23:00:59 -0500 (EST)
From: P Lynch <lynch@rush.net>
To: "Sconiers, John" <john.sconiers@Orbisnews.com>
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Subject: Re: won't accept telnet connections
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ummmm, check a couple things
the chance is that you are looking for /etc/hosts.allow and
/etc/hosts.deny on the boxes that are refusing connections

I won;t even go on, because this is probably it

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Pat Lynch						lynch@rush.net
Systems Administrator					Rush Networking
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On Fri, 26 Jun 1998, Sconiers, John wrote:

> I inherited a Freebsd box and need a little help.  The Sys-admin 
> before me setup a trusted environment that only allows telnet to 
> certain freebsd  and sun boxes through a Linux box.  In order for me 
> to telnet to the freebsd box (or any other box) I must login to the 
> linux box first.  I am assuming that the freebsd box checks what IP # 
> you come in from and if your not coming in from the linux box it 
> refuses the connection.  Can someone please explain how I may resolve 
> this.
> 
> JOHN
> 
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