Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 11:07:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: "Sconiers, John" <john.sconiers@Orbisnews.com> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: won't accept telnet connections Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980626110632.25008q-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <c=US%a=_%p=Orbis%l=ORBISEXCHANGE-980626145612Z-190@orbisexchange.orbisnews.com>
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On Fri, 26 Jun 1998, Sconiers, John wrote: > I inherited a Freebsd box and need a little help. The Sys-admin > before me setup a trusted environment that only allows telnet to > certain freebsd and sun boxes through a Linux box. In order for me > to telnet to the freebsd box (or any other box) I must login to the > linux box first. I am assuming that the freebsd box checks what IP # > you come in from and if your not coming in from the linux box it > refuses the connection. Can someone please explain how I may resolve > this. They probably installed TCP wrappers, so there will be a /etc/hosts.allow and or /etc/hosts.deny. You might check if ssh is installed, it's a much more secure form of telnet. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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