Re: Blocked high ports

2000-01-25 Thread Greg Woods
Bradley M Alexander wrote: > I can > pftp from one machine to another, but when I ftp, it connects then hangs. > The only difference between them is passive ftp remains on port 21 while > standard (active) ftp makes a connection then transitions to an arbitrary > high port. The high ports are where

Re: Blocked high ports

2000-01-25 Thread Bradley M Alexander
True. But what, then, is keeping it from listening? For instance, I can pftp from one machine to another, but when I ftp, it connects then hangs. The only difference between them is passive ftp remains on port 21 while standard (active) ftp makes a connection then transitions to an arbitrary high p

Re: Blocked high ports

2000-01-25 Thread Drew Parsons
On Mon, Jan 24, 2000 at 11:52:31AM -0500, Bradley M Alexander wrote: > I checked /var/log/syslog and saw connection refused messages as far as > the eye could see. Blocking connections from the local nodes, > E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET (one of the top-level DNS'), etc. I tried telnetting > into the localho

Re: Blocked high ports

2000-01-25 Thread Greg Woods
"Connection refused" does not mean the port is blocked, it means nothing is listening on that port, which you would expect from an arbitrary high numbered port, since most services listen on well known lower numbered ports. If a connection is denied by tcpd (hosts.deny) then you don't get "connecti

Blocked high ports

2000-01-24 Thread Bradley M Alexander
Hello all, Got a problem that is driving me nuts. Sorry to have sent to both lists, but it is affecting both my laptop (Toshiba Satellite 4080XCDT) and my desktop (K6-2/450) machine. I installed Debian/Slink afresh on defiant (the desktop) over the weekend, and immediately upgraded it to Potato.