Cool...thank you.
--
Mark
"If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless,"
"Sharing is what makes them powerful."
On Fri, 2 Feb 2001, Pierre Fortin wrote:
> Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 20:04:57 -0500
> From: Pierre Fortin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [expert] addition to hosts.deny?
>
> Mark Weaver wrote:
> >
> > Hi LIst,
> >
> > I was wondering if anyone has either done this or knows if it's legal to be
> > done. I want to list an entire net block in the hosts.deny file on my machine.
> >
> > EX:
> >
> > ALL:224.0.0.0 - 239.255.255.255
> >
> > Would the above be a valid entry in the hosts.deny file?
>
> Not that I know of; but
> ALL:224. 225. 226. <etc>
> would handle it.
>
> However, you want the old Class D which can easily be covered with:
> ALL:224.0.0.0/240.0.0.0
>
> This _looks_ like your range; but it's really a mask that blocks every IP that
> starts with 224-239 (1110xxxx...)
>
> BTW, are you absolutely sure you want to block this range..? Routing protocols
> and other multicast services reside in this range.
>
> HTH,
> Pierre
>
> > thanks,
> >
> > Mark
>
>
