Hi Richard, Yes, that 16 was a typo. :)
Michael Coffin, VM Systems Programmer Internal Revenue Service - Room�6030 1111 Constitution Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C.� 20224 Voice: (202)�927-4188�� FAX:� (202) 622-6726 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----Original Message----- From: Richard Hitt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 7:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SuSE 8 /etc/hosts.deny and CIDR Hi, Michael Did you really mean 192.168.0.0/18 and not 192.168.0.0/16? The first would only deny 192.168.0.0 through 192.168.63.255, if I'm not mistaken, and not "everything from 192.168." Richard Hitt Coffin Michael C wrote: >Hi Folks, > >Can you use CIDR addressing in /etc/hosts.deny? This is SuSE 8 by the >way. > >I've got a statement in hosts.deny which reads: > >ALL: 192.168.0.0/18 > >to reject everything from 192.168. (actual IP's are different) but an >IP address in that range was allowed to connect to my SMTP server. >Shouldn't tcpwrappers have blocked it? Michael Coffin, VM Systems >Programmer Internal Revenue Service - Room 6030 >1111 Constitution Avenue, N.W. >Washington, D.C. 20224 >Voice: (202) 927-4188 FAX: (202) 622-6726 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >
