[Gllug] ftp / iptables

[Paul Brazier]

> Just a quick thought.. Is the FTP process trying to get a 
> reverse lookup
> on the IP address thats connecting? A lot of FTP servers do.

The client machine (connected to the "server" by a crossover ethernet
cable) has the server's details in its /etc/hosts so would it not just
use this? I'm doing "ftp machine1" rather than "ftp 192.168.1.1".


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