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On Saturday 24 October 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> On Friday 23 October 2009 21:49:42 Robin Atwood wrote: |
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> > My syslog is showing zillions of messages: |
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> > Oct 24 02:25:58 opal xinetd[8054]: START: pop-3 pid=16534 |
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> > from=61.134.64.199 Oct 24 02:25:59 opal xinetd[16534]: warning: |
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> > /etc/hosts.allow, line 7: can't verify hostname: |
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> > gethostbyname(199.64.134.61.broad.gs.dynamic.163data.com.cn) failed |
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> > Oct 24 02:26:09 opal xinetd[8054]: EXIT: pop-3 status=0 pid=16534 |
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> > duration=11(sec) |
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> > I run denyhosts but don't trap pop3 messages so I manually added the IP |
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> > address to /etc/hosts.deny and..., it made absolutely no difference. I |
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> > run qpopper which is compiled with xinetd support and xinetd uses tcpd, |
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> > so I assumed the address would be blocked. Apparently not so. Any ideas? |
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> You have allow ALL ALL early in hosts.allow, or |
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> you have allow pop3 all earlier in hosts.allow |
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The second! I had forgotten about that. The trouble I set it up that way so I |
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could pick up email from arbitrary locations while travelling. It seems the |
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price of that is allowing idiots to spam your logs. |
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Thanks for the pointer. |
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-Robin |
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Robin Atwood. |
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"Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst, |
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Where there ain't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst" |
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from "Mandalay" by Rudyard Kipling |
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