Re: need help configuring hosts.deny
> > > I have reason to belive that my computer is used as a
> > > relay host for spam. Walking through the logs, I found
> > > one ip number which has no ip name, but it connects the
> > > computer every hour or so and sends some mail.
> > >
> > > I want to block this address, but I have not succeeded in
> > > configuring the hosts.deny file correctly. This is what I have:
> > >
> > > hosts.allow: empty
> > > hosts.deny:
> > > ALL: 1.2.3.4
> > > ALL: PARANOID
> >
> > I believe that the hosts.deny and hosts.allow file only control
> > services that are launched by the inetd daemon. It's possible
> > that postfix starts on it's own and won't be affected by any
> > changes to these files.
> >
> > Just in case it is, do you kill and restart inetd ?? You need to
> > for the changes to take effect.
> >
> yes, I tried that. I noticed that telnet access has been denied, but
> not smtp access.
Sounds like postfix isn't controlled by the inetd daemon then. Telnet
certainly is, at least in normal setups.
Hall
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