hosts.allow not always working... misses some IPs

Simon Barner barner at in.tum.de
Tue Dec 2 07:35:05 PST 2003


> I received an e-mail with the following header fragment:
> 
> ===V=== cut here ===V====
> Received: from priv-edtnes11-hme0.telusplanet.net (outbound03.telus.net
> [199.185.220.222])
>  by tinkertoys.net (8.12.10/8.11.6) with ESMTP id hANMNpKS021237;
>  Sun, 23 Nov 2003 15:23:51 -0700 (MST)
> ===^=== cut here ===^====
> 
> In my hosts.allow file (which usually rejects domains just fine) I have:
> 
> ===V=== cut here ===V====
> smtp : 199.185.220.0/255.255.251.0 : deny
> ===^=== cut here ===^====

Are you sure about the netmask? I think it should be something like
255.255.255.0 or
255.255.252.0.

Simon
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