[Gllug] ftp / iptables
Walid
walidshaari at yahoo.com
Mon Oct 29 10:21:40 UTC 2001
--- will <will at hellacool.co.uk> wrote: > ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Brazier" <pbrazier at cosmos-uk.co.uk>
> To: <gllug at linux.co.uk>
> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 9:58 AM
> Subject: RE: [Gllug] ftp / iptables
>
>
> >> 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".
>
> Does "ftp 192.168.1.1" work correctly?
if it is then check this in your configuration file
UseReverseDNS on <===== should be turned off
HTH
>
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