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From: Thorbjoern Ravn Andersen <ravn@amrose.spo.dk>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Interesting Telnet Problem
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 21:30:13 +0200
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Eric Beyer wrote:
> 

> #telnet isp.running-linux.edu
> Trying 234.242.24.242...
> Connected to isp.running-linux.edu
> Escape character is '^]'.
> Connection closed by foreign host.  <--- I dont even get a login prompt.

Is the IP-number you use for your own machine (or have been assigned)
registered within DNS?  Machines using TCP-wrappers are _very_ picky
with this.

Regards
--
  Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen		"...and...Tubular Bells!"
  http://www.dit.ou.dk/~ravn