On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 06:39:08AM -0400, Stephen Clowater wrote: > ftp://rsync.gentoo.org 1068230710:/linux/apps
> ~From a brief nmap of rsync.gentoo.org shows that at least one of the > multipe ips in the DNS record for rsync.gentoo.org has port 21 open but > in the filtered state. There is no gaurentee that a lookup of rsync.gentoo.org will nessicarily return the same result twice at varying times. I'm not sure how many servers we have in place at the moment, but UltraDNS will return varying results depending on time/date and where you are in the world. > Moreover, a brief attempt to conect via telnet to port 21 on each of the > ips in the DNS record (using the round robin pattern) yeilds a > connection timed out on each. From where I am, I get quite a few servers that run ftp as well, and have valid reasons for doing so. > My direct question is could a public IP connect to rsync.gentoo.org over > FTP and navigae the contents of it as shown above? Yup, and there wouldn't be anything wrong with it as far as I can see. > Moreover, are the contents of the above rl_history file acurate > (assuming the file has not been tampered with)? While they are may be accurate, they don't provide any useful information regarding gentoo, as you don't know what it resolved to. -- Robin Hugh Johnson E-Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home Page : http://www.orbis-terrarum.net/?l=people.robbat2 ICQ# : 30269588 or 41961639 GnuPG FP : 11AC BA4F 4778 E3F6 E4ED F38E B27B 944E 3488 4E85
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