Ralf Ertzinger wrote: > Hi. > > On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:59:03 -0500, Steve Dickson wrote: > >> Maybe I misstated it... but in this particular usage of tcp wrappers >> a reverse name lookup is required when one, there is an entry and >> two, that entry is a host name since there is only an IP address >> to start with. > > So, if there is an entry, and it contains only IPs, a reverse lookup > is not required? Unfortunately the tcp wrapper code is that smart... If there is a matching IP address in the /etc/hosts.allow file then a lookup is not needed. But if there isn't, then the /etc/hosts.deny has to checked with the host name of the incoming IP address... steved. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
