Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 11:43:34 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> To: Mike Hoskins <mike@adept.org> Cc: plamendp@bgstore.com, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: telnet connection refused from IP outside subnet Message-ID: <200008021743.LAA92777@harmony.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 02 Aug 2000 01:12:23 PDT." <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008020041340.15796-100000@snafu.adept.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008020041340.15796-100000@snafu.adept.org>
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In message <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008020041340.15796-100000@snafu.adept.org> Mike Hoskins writes: : You did this from your server, not your home system, correct? Just : checking, since inetd will obviouslly be using the DNS of your server to : see if a given host is allowed. Do you have the same problem if you : comment out the PARANOID line in /etc/hosts.allow? : : #ALL : PARANOID : RFC931 20 : deny : : What's a traceroute look like from the disallowed connection to the : server, and from the server to your disallowed IP? Yes. This PARANOID option is really quite silly since RFC 931 is useless outside of your own administrative domain and off dubious value inside it. Best to leave it commented out. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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