The header in my Ubuntu install is more informative. See if this helps: # /etc/hosts.deny: list of hosts that are _not_ allowed to access the system. # See the manual pages hosts_access(5), hosts_options(5) # and /usr/doc/netbase/portmapper.txt.gz # # Example: ALL: some.host.name, .some.domain # ALL EXCEPT in.fingerd: other.host.name, .other.domain # # If you're going to protect the portmapper use the name "portmap" for the # daemon name. Remember that you can only use the keyword "ALL" and IP # addresses (NOT host or domain names) for the portmapper. See portmap(8) # and /usr/doc/portmap/portmapper.txt.gz for further information. # # The PARANOID wildcard matches any host whose name does not match its # address. # # You may wish to enable this to ensure any programs that don't # validate looked up hostnames still leave understandable logs. In past # versions of Debian this has been the default. # ALL: PARANOID
-CMP On 3/6/06, WA Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, > I am new to this group and linux. I hope you tolerate another > "newbie". I have a server online at www.havenstead.net and am learning how > to do things with it everyday. I am running Redhat9 with an Apache 2.0 > server. > > This is what I have in the "hosts.deny" file. What have I got wrong? > > # > # hosts.deny This file describes the names of the hosts which are > # *not* allowed to use the local INET services, as decided > # by the '/usr/sbin/tcpd' server. > # > # The portmap line is redundant, but it is left to remind you that > # the new secure portmap uses hosts.deny and hosts.allow. In particular > # you should know that NFS uses portmap! > > > > Order allow,deny > Allow from all > > Deny from 218.64.*.* > Deny from 61.134.32.18 > > > This what i am getting on my report. How should it be listed? > > WA Brown > > > 6 02:45:02 www sshd[32311]: Did not receive identification string from > 211.171.202.87 > > Mar 6 07:50:10 www sshd[5322]: warning: /etc/hosts.deny, line 12: missing > ":" separator > > Mar 6 07:50:10 www sshd[5322]: warning: /etc/hosts.deny, line 13: missing > ":" separator > > Mar 6 07:50:10 www sshd[5322]: warning: /etc/hosts.deny, line 15: missing > ":" separator > > Mar 6 07:50:10 www sshd[5322]: warning: /etc/hosts.deny, line 16: missing > ":" separator > > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > -- Cristobal M. Palmer UNC-CH SILS Student [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ils.unc.edu/~cmpalmer "Television-free since 2003" -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
