Re: [SLUG] cant telnet

[Christopher Booth <christopher.booth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Also check that hosts.deny doesn't exclude the ip address (I found that PortSentry gets fanatical about denying hosts)
man hosts.allow doesn't really explain the syntax properly (IMO)
I put 
ALL: 192.168.0.3

though I suspect that you can put
ftp: 192.168.0.3 203.184.139.26
telnet: 192.168.0.3 203.184.139.26
sshd: 192.168.0.3 203.184.139.26

The Gurus will correct me if I am wrong but that should limit connections to those hosts only

Chris

On 19 Feb 2002 22:06:36 +1100
"Tony Green" <tgreen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tue, 2002-02-19 at 20:33, henry wrote:
> > Dear Sirs:
> > 
> > Tks for your instruction.
> > I use slackware.
> > 
> > I get msg "/etc/hosts.allow          missing separator ":" at line 1 " by
> > typing  "tail /var/log/syslog"
> > And there is only  one line :       192.168.0.223            in hosts.allow
> > 
> > 
> 
> Henry, 
> 
> Firstly, can you please ensure that you only reply to the list and not
> to me personally.  This keeps the whole 'mailing list' idea alive and
> well.
> 
> Second, I would check the syntax of hosts.allow (man hosts.allow). Its
> been a long time since I used it (ssh/xinetd took its place) but I know
> you're missing something
> 
> I would also make the suggestion that telnet is an insecure tool for
> remote access and should be used with caution.  Consider using ssh in
> its place.
> 
> HTH
> 
> Greeno
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