Shortly after I stop seeing the bootp/dhcp messages on my cable network, I start getting:
Apr 27 22:20:15 www tcplogd: smtp connection attempt from [EMAIL PROTECTED] [209.218.141.206] Apr 27 22:20:15 www in.smtpd[10502]: warning: /etc/hosts.deny, line 15: can't verify hostname: gethostbyname(ATHM-209-218-xxx-206.Home.net) failed Apr 27 22:20:15 www in.smtpd[10502]: refused connect from 209.218.141.206 repeatedly -- every 5 seconds -- for about 12 hours. (Maybe they stopped because the sender had to go to school.) What are some ways to stop this in real-time? I've e-mailed [EMAIL PROTECTED] and added the IP to /etc/hosts.deny -- do I need to tell the system to reread that file? Anything else? Thanks for any info! Tod
