On Wednesday 08 September 2004 21:14, Benjamin J. Weiss wrote: > On Wed, 8 Sep 2004, Reuben D. Budiardja wrote: > > > sshd: remotesysname.dyndns.org > > > > I don't think that would work. If I understand thing correctly, if you > > have domain name in /etc/hosts.allow, tcpwrappers will do a reverse > > lookup to see if it match with anything in /etc/hosts.allow. This will > > give back the dynamic name (ie xxxxxxdialup-xx.xx.comcast.com), not the > > name you register with dyndns.org (no PTR record for that), and thus not > > match with in /etc/hosts.allow. > > > > Anyway, I tried it and it didn't work. Someone correct my explanation if > > I'm wrong please. > > I think it would work if you pointed your nameserver entries in your > /etc/resolv.conf file to the name servers of the dydns.org. Then the > reverse lookup *should* work, I think. Nope, that doesn't work either. I added ns2.dyndns.org IP address to /etc/resolv.conf and put it as the first entry, and still no luck. Reversing address still point to the name as stated in PTR record, which makes sense to me. RDB -- Reuben D. Budiardja Dept. Physics and Astronomy University of Tennesse, Knoxville, TN -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GIT/M/MU/P/S d-(++) s: a-- C++(+++) UL++++ P-- L+++>++++ E- W+++ N+ o? K- w--- !O M- V? !PS !PE Y PGP- t+ 5 X R- tv+ b++>+++ DI D(+) G e++>++++ h+(*) r++ y->++++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
