Re: Connection closed
>
> When I connect to certain hosts via telnet (similar via ftp), I'll get a messgae like this:
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> Connected to site.whatever.edu
> Escape character is '^]'.
>
> which is as usual
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> then followed by:
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> Connection closed by foreign host.
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> Assume for the moment that it is not an ISP problem, is there anything
> specific to my machine that is causing this?
>
> I'd love some hints.
>
> TIA, Richard
>
To my knowledge, this is caused by a refusal on the remote end to allow
connections from random sites. I've seen the same 'behaviour' when I
set my hosts.deny file to refuse connections to any site but the ones
I specify in either that file, or in hosts.allow.
Taren
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