Re: FTP site

[Peter S Galbraith <GalbraithP@dfo-mpo.gc.ca>]

"matthew.r.pavlovich.1" wrote:

> The problem is not the server being up or down.  When it is up, I am not
> able to connect because the server cannot reverse-resolve my hostname.
> 
> Connected to santanni.cc.gatech.edu.
> 421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection
> ftp> 
> 
> These servers both cannot resolve my hostname.  I am not alone with this
> problem, there are many people that use dial-up connections experiencing
> the same thing.

I have the *exact* same problem.  I never complained because I figure it's
my own problem (many other sites also disallow my connections).

But it would be nice for Debian to be more `open' considering what it's
used for...
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