Re: [linux-tr] Telnet and ftp services very slow to start

["Michael R. Eckhoff" <foobar@null.net>]

No waste!  linux-tr is a happy list.

Take care,
Mike

On Tue, 30 Mar 1999, you wrote:
> OK, so you were right. This was a DNS misconfiguration.
> 
> It has nothing to do with Token Rink so excuseme for wasting your time
> please.
> 
> Thanks a lot.
> David Requena.
> 
> > I don't think that http will do a resolve before connect.  That's an
> option in
> > the server.  Also, httpd doesn't run through tcp_wrappers.
> >
> > Also, just because you telnet to the host using the IP address,
> > doesn't mean that the wrappers aren't going to try and resolve the
> hostname to
> > make sure that it doesn't match 'ALL .foo.com' in your hosts.deny file.
> >
> > I would recommend again that you go ahead and put entries in your
> /etc/hosts
> > file just to totally rule that out.  Or remove in.telnetd from passing
> through
> > tcpd.
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