Hi! I get the following error messages in my log:
Apr 9 06:47:39 ns tcp-env[17281]: warning: /etc/hosts.allow, line 11: can't verify hostname: gethostbyname(114.trusted.net) failed Apr 9 06:47:40 ns tcp-env[17281]: refused connect from 209.140.0.114 Apr 9 06:56:54 ns tcp-env[17346]: connect from murphy.debian.org Apr 9 06:58:38 ns tcp-env[17364]: warning: /etc/hosts.allow, line 11: can't verify hostname: gethostbyname(114.trusted.net) failed Apr 9 06:58:38 ns tcp-env[17364]: refused connect from 209.140.0.114 Is this because my hosts.deny file is set to ALL: PARANOID (this is the only line apart from comments and is line 9) My hosts.allow has the following in line 11: ALL: .mydomain.com.au Is there a way to "fix" this, as I am assuming that the machine that is denied access cannot access my server to browse a web page or send e-mail. This message seems to crop up when someone tries to send email mainly. I am running Debian 1.3 (but some parts are Hamm (eg: libraries are lib.so.6), apache and qmail. Rob...
