Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2003 12:09:28 +0300 From: Rayed Al-Rashed <rayed@saudi.net.sa> To: Vishal Gandhi Kommineni <vishal@southernonline.net> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sendmail ignoring hosts.allow Message-ID: <3E1BEAC8.4000500@saudi.net.sa> In-Reply-To: <005401c2b6f1$2aa49d40$0b6f3fca@southernonline.net> References: <3E1AA183.1060604@saudi.net.sa> <005401c2b6f1$2aa49d40$0b6f3fca@southernonline.net>
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Didn't work in both /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny Vishal Gandhi Kommineni wrote: >try >ALL: ALL > >Vishal Gandhi Kommineni >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Rayed Al-Rashed" <rayed@saudi.net.sa> >To: <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> >Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 3:14 PM >Subject: Sendmail ignoring hosts.allow > > > > >>Hi, >> >>Our mail server was under DOS attack, and I was trying to stop the new >>connections using /etc/hosts.allow but I couldn't do it. >> >>The entry in /etc/hosts.allow: >> >> sendmail : xx.xx.xx.xx : DENY >> >>and I even tried: >> >> ALL : ALL : DENY >> >>but still doesn't work, I installed sendmail from the port, and I also >>checked tcpwrapper support: >>--------------------------------------------------- >># sendmail -d0.1 >>Version 8.12.1 >> Compiled with: DNSMAP LOG MAP_REGEX MATCHGECOS MIME7TO8 MIME8TO7 >> NAMED_BIND NETINET NETINET6 NETUNIX NEWDB NIS PIPELINING >> SCANF TCPWRAPPERS USERDB XDEBUG >>--------------------------------------------------- >>The /etc/mailer.conf also points to the port version. >>Any ideas on why it doesn't work!! >> >>P.S. I just added an entry on /etc/mail/access to reject emails from >>that IP but sendmail still need to fork. >> >> >>Thanks, >>- rayed >> >> >>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >>with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message >> >> >> > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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