Re: Q: dns /exim / inetd (?) slow startup (2)

[Ingo Hohmann <ingo@2b1.de>]

Hi Simon,

Once upon a time Simon Law spoketh thus:
> On Fri, 19 Oct 2001, Ingo Hohmann wrote:
> 
> > Hi to all,
> > 
> > I'm still trying to find out what may make name resolution
> > and exim startup to slow down to a crawl ...
> 
> 	I'd put even money on this being a reverse DNS problem.
> 
> 	You see, exim and telnetd will both use tcpwrappers to do
> reverse DNS checking.  To see if this is happening, look in
> /etc/hosts.deny on 10.1.1.1 for a line that says "ALL: PARANOID".  (This
> is a Debian default, and has been flamefested a while ago.  Check the
> archives if you want pros vs. cons.)
> 
> 	To see if this is why things are slow, try commenting that line
> out on 10.1.1.1.  If this fixes things, you can two choices.

Well, it was there, but commenting it out didn't change anything.


Thanks for the idea 

Ingo