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Date:      Sat, 18 Mar 2006 20:32:54 -0500
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Chris Maness <chris@chrismaness.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Subject:   Re: hosts.allow ?
Message-ID:  <20060319013253.GA65688@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <441CB2D8.3090707@chrismaness.com>
References:  <441CA1F9.20301@chrismaness.com> <20060319004947.GA65074@xor.obsecurity.org> <441CB2D8.3090707@chrismaness.com>

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On Sat, Mar 18, 2006 at 05:24:40PM -0800, Chris Maness wrote:
> Kris Kennaway wrote:
> >On Sat, Mar 18, 2006 at 04:12:41PM -0800, Chris Maness wrote:
> > =20
> >>My denyhost script is doing it's job by adding:
> >>
> >>sshd: 62.149.232.105 : deny
> >>
> >>to the hosts.allow file, but I see that this host is still making=20
> >>attempts to get into my box.
> >>   =20
> >
> >Where do you see this (i.e. logged by what)?  hosts.allow doesn't
> >block the IP from connecting to the port, it blocks the application
> >that listens on the port from allowing this IP to authenticate.
> >e.g. your firewall may still log the connection.
> >
> > =20
> p.s. I tried a test from another one of my host by adding a line just=20
> like the one above and it still allows me to login.

Sounds like something else is wrong with your hosts.allow then.

Kris


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