Re: hosts.deny didn't block ip
On 15/12/11 20:56, perljpes@gmail.com wrote:
> After a manual entry in /etc/hosts.deny
>
> ip didn't blocked
>
> ALL: 151.12.xxx.xxx
>
> I wonder why?
>
> I use denyhosts for automatic entries
>
> Thank you in advance
>
> Nikos
>
>
Check /etc/hosts.allow it has precedence over /etc/hosts.deny
As Raf (?) suggested - remove the xxx from the entry.
Wildcards (*) are supported by /etc/hosts.deny and tcp wrappers.
You can use:-
151.12.*.*
OR
151.12.???.???
OR
151.12.
to achieve the same match
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