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Date:      Thu, 9 Sep 1999 14:24:41 -0400
From:      "Russell DeMeyere" <rdemeyer@os.dhhs.gov>
To:        <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie>, <sheldonh@axl.noc.iafrica.com>
Cc:        <freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: misc/13474: Maximum Number of Is Permitted in the .../etc/
Message-ID:  <vines.AmH8%2BdhzprA@B11WDC-OV08B.os.dhhs.gov>

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Our line length was over 2048 characters. Have since cut it in half and 
were able to add many IP numbers with out problems. Thank you very much for 
your help.
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Original Text
From: "Sheldon Hearn" <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>, on 8/31/1999 5:05 AM:
SUBJECT too long. Original SUBJECT is
Re: misc/13474: Maximum Number of IPs Permitted in the .../etc/hosts.allow 
file


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On Tue, 31 Aug 1999 09:54:37 +0100, dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie wrote:

> I think the tcp wrappers code may have a maximum line length, and rejects
> connections if the max line lenght is exceded, to be on the paranoid 
side.

Yep, it's 2048 chars. But If this were the case, I'd expect the error
message "missing newline or line too long" to be showing up in syslog
messages.

My money's on tcpd or linkage. :-)

Ciao,
Sheldon.



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