Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 01:40:25 -0500 (EST) From: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> To: Paul Everlund <tdv94ped@cs.umu.se> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org> Subject: Re: hosts.allow in dmesg [www2.tidenet.com] Message-ID: <20020326013735.A8453-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> In-Reply-To: <3C9E535D.F5A5B3B5@cs.umu.se>
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On Sun, 24 Mar 2002, Paul Everlund wrote: > Thanks for your answer! The first match in my hosts.allow is ALL-ALL-allow. And if www2.tidenet.com does not exist, why do I even get this message? Hi again, Paul. Where is the error message about www2.tidenet.com generated, i.e. when and by what program or startup file? > Do anyone know what triggers it? Someone here previously wrote that using inetd with -w -W (TCP-wrappers) uses the hosts.allow-file. Do this mean that someone are trying to connect through an inetd active service, and when a host lookup can not be done this message is triggered? > Best regards, > Paul You are correct, and inetd -wW is the most common (minimum) flag usage. If you are concerned about reverse lookups or spoofed hostnames, then put this line *before* your ALL-ALL: all or whatever line :) # grep PARANOID /etc/hosts.allow ALL : PARANOID : RFC931 20 : deny -- Peter Leftwich President & Founder Video2Video Services Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA +1-413-403-9555 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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