Re: [cobalt-users] Wrapping Telnet

["Brian Curtis" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> At 08:36 PM 3/14/00 -0500, you wrote:
>
> >Why not just add your backup along with your primary connection to the
> >hosts.allow so you're covered in the event your primary connection does
> >fail?
>
> Because my backup is a dialup connection and doesn't have fixed IP.
>
> Jeff
>
> --

You can still use the partial hostname or IP address to allow a connection
from your dial-up.  Most everyone who has access to our Web server is on a
dial-up, and they are all listed in the hosts.allow file.  Makes for
interesting reading when looking at all the unauthorized people in
/var/log/secure trying to access the box through various services.

Brian Curtis