powerstation is on my internal network & is being masq'd out to the rest of the world... It's only existence is in my hosts files... I have never had this problem before, just recently when I changed ISP's... Any idea how to correct this?
> -----Original Message----- > From: Hal Burgiss [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 10:18 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: Re: What the heck? > > 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 _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
