On Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 08:08:31AM -0500, Burke, Thomas G. wrote: > What the heck are these messages trying to tell me? > > Nov 10 14:12:30 tomii sshd[8408]: warning: /etc/hosts.allow, line 8: host > name/name mismatch: > powerstation.tomii.dnsalias.com != tomii.dnsalias.com > Nov 10 15:05:07 tomii sshd[8529]: warning: /etc/hosts.allow, line 8: host > name/name mismatch:
I believe it is tcpwrappers saying there is a mismatch between the IP address and the hostname. I think what it does is check DNS for the IP of the reported hostname. Then do a lookup on that IP, and see if it reverses back to the same hostname. Which fails here: [hal@feenix tmp]$ host powerstation.tomii.dnsalias.com powerstation.tomii.dnsalias.com. is an alias for tomii.dnsalias.com. tomii.dnsalias.com. has address 65.187.98.9 [hal@feenix tmp]$ host 65.187.98.9 Host 9.98.187.65.in-addr.arpa. not found: 2(SERVFAIL) I *think* that's what's happening. The idea being to prevent some kind of DNS spoofing. -- Hal Burgiss _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
