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Old 07-07-2009, 01:56 PM   #1
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Question What do I need to do to have the changes on /etc/hosts.deny to work?

Hi,

What do I need to do to have the changes on /etc/hosts.deny to work?

I have a Debian 5.0 / Lenny server.

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Old 07-07-2009, 02:11 PM   #2
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nothing if they are configured correctly, should be automatic.
 
Old 07-07-2009, 02:41 PM   #3
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You are right. I also had a line in the hosts.allow file:

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ALL: 10.0.

I thought that hosts.deny should overrule hosts.allow. But it didn't...
 
  


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