On 18-Mar-98 David Hughes wrote:
> Dave, solved. Really odd issue. Nothing appeared obvious in the
> hosts.allow file which is where I do most of the security (what is your
> feeling. . . the hosts.allow or hosts.deny file for bolstering security??).
I'd say use hosts.allow, as you would most likely need to use the EXCEPT
keyword in hosts.deny otherwise.
> But I was fiddling with all kinds of things when I just happened to edit the
> hosts.allow file to remove some domains that were no longer needed, and ftp
> started working. The really odd thing is telnet session worked fine from
> the same domains that were denying ftp access.
Were you using commas to seperate the entries on each line? Maybe it matched
a pattern that caused it to fail, and stop looking.
> I scratch my head. It simply was not obvious in viewing this file, but in
> cleaning up the file, it unlocked the ftp denied error. Ah well. . .
If your still interested, send it to me.
> Say, any thoughts on the BIND stuff? I was thinking of readdressing that so
> I could get local email working without having to be connected to the
> internet for name services to work. When ya have time. . . I may give you a
> call on that tmrw if I grab a moment. Would be nice to chat anyway. Hope
> things are going well for you. . .
BIND is ready when you are. Give me a call when your ready..
Dave
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