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On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 06:39:08AM -0400, Stephen Clowater wrote: |
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> ftp://rsync.gentoo.org 1068230710:/linux/apps |
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> ~From a brief nmap of rsync.gentoo.org shows that at least one of the |
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> multipe ips in the DNS record for rsync.gentoo.org has port 21 open but |
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> in the filtered state. |
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There is no gaurentee that a lookup of rsync.gentoo.org will nessicarily |
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return the same result twice at varying times. I'm not sure how many |
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servers we have in place at the moment, but UltraDNS will return varying |
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results depending on time/date and where you are in the world. |
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> Moreover, a brief attempt to conect via telnet to port 21 on each of the |
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> ips in the DNS record (using the round robin pattern) yeilds a |
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> connection timed out on each. |
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From where I am, I get quite a few servers that run ftp as well, and |
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have valid reasons for doing so. |
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> My direct question is could a public IP connect to rsync.gentoo.org over |
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> FTP and navigae the contents of it as shown above? |
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Yup, and there wouldn't be anything wrong with it as far as I can see. |
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> Moreover, are the contents of the above rl_history file acurate |
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> (assuming the file has not been tampered with)? |
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While they are may be accurate, they don't provide any useful |
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information regarding gentoo, as you don't know what it resolved to. |
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