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Date:      Tue, 7 Jan 2003 11:10:17 +0100 
From:      Olivier Cherrier <Olivier.Cherrier@cediti.be>
To:        'Rayed Al-Rashed' <rayed@saudi.net.sa>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: Sendmail ignoring hosts.allow
Message-ID:  <BB863FBA3E3CAE4DAC430686AD28EA56AAC07A@brisefer.nat.cediti.be>

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> Our mail server was under DOS attack, and I was trying to 
> stop the new 
> connections using /etc/hosts.allow but I couldn't do it.

Use a packet filter as IPFW or IPF for this purpose.
It is far more powerfull and flexible.

oc

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