Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 17:17:37 -0800 From: Chris Maness <chris@chrismaness.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hosts.allow ? Message-ID: <441CB131.3020506@chrismaness.com> In-Reply-To: <20060319004947.GA65074@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <441CA1F9.20301@chrismaness.com> <20060319004947.GA65074@xor.obsecurity.org>
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Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Sat, Mar 18, 2006 at 04:12:41PM -0800, Chris Maness wrote: > >> 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 >> attempts to get into my box. >> > > 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. > > in auth.log
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