Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 16:39:33 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> To: Tim Zingelman <zingelman@fnal.gov> Cc: Mike Hoskins <mike@adept.org>, plamendp@bgstore.com, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: telnet connection refused from IP outside subnet Message-ID: <200008022239.QAA95390@harmony.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 02 Aug 2000 17:31:38 CDT." <Pine.GSO.4.21.0008021727560.16851-100000@nova.fnal.gov> References: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0008021727560.16851-100000@nova.fnal.gov>
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In message <Pine.GSO.4.21.0008021727560.16851-100000@nova.fnal.gov> Tim Zingelman writes: : > : comment out the PARANOID line in /etc/hosts.allow? : > : #ALL : PARANOID : RFC931 20 : deny : The RFC931 part may be silly, but the PARANOID part keeps out any ip : address that does not reverse DNS to a name. We find that useful. Ah. You are right. I'd forgotten about that. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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