[Gllug] ftp / iptables

[will]

----- 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?


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