Re: hosts.allow does not resolve names

On Wed, 28 Nov 2007, in the Usenet newsgroup comp.os.linux.networking, in
article <slrnfkpuk7.5sj.BitTwister@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Bit Twister wrote:

Moe Trin wrote:

Quick look - is there anything obvious in a packet dump?

Not to my untrained eye. Here is fail followed by works.

arp reply m2008 is-at 00:a0:cc:e6:de:71 (oui Unknown)

[compton ~]$ etherwhois 00:a0:cc
00-A0-CC (hex) LITE-ON COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
00A0CC (base 16) LITE-ON COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
720 S. HILLVIEW DRIVE
MILPITAS CA 95035
UNITED STATES
[compton ~]$

Your sniffer is old - that OUI has been out there for at least 8 years.

[snip 'ALL: .home.invalid' list]

Nothing is jumping out at me. Basically, three attempts to connect.

ALL: 192.168.1.

No obvious difference in the first conversation, but this continues.
Several of the lines look weird, but the stuff is working. (I haven't
sniffed NFS in several years - so I'm awfully rusty. Sorry)

Old guy
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