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Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 17:02:03 +0900
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From: Martin Chandler <chand@tvt.ne.jp>
Subject: strange log messages
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hello,

This may be the wrong list to post to, but please forgive me.

I have recently been seeing this in my log files, seeming to occur roughly 
every half hour for periods of time.

Aug 24 16:29:09 tvtsv2 inetd[59868]: warning: /etc/hosts.allow, line 29: 
can't verify hostname: gethostbyname(tm1665-4.oninet.ne.jp) failed

line 29 of /etc/hosts.allow is:

ALL : localhost localhost.tvt.ne.jp : allow

The system is, unfortunately, Freebsd 3.3-RELEASE, but with relevant 
security patches applied (hopefully!).
Would anyone be able to clue me in as to what might be going on?
Thanks,
MRC 


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