hosts.allow ?

[Chris Maness]

Kris Kennaway wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 18, 2006 at 04:12:41PM -0800, Chris Maness wrote:
>   
>> My denyhost script is doing it's job by adding:
>>
>> sshd: 62.149.232.105 : deny
>>
>> to the hosts.allow file, but I see that this host is still making 
>> attempts to get into my box.
>>     
>
> Where do you see this (i.e. logged by what)?  hosts.allow doesn't
> block the IP from connecting to the port, it blocks the application
> that listens on the port from allowing this IP to authenticate.
> e.g. your firewall may still log the connection.
>
>   
p.s. I tried a test from another one of my host by adding a line just 
like the one above and it still allows me to login.