That seemed to do it...
At 10:17 PM 9/19/98 -0400, Cary B. O'Brien wrote:
>> I have successfully setup diald and it connects as need with out any
>> problems. However it also tries to connect whenever i telnet into it....
>> What ignore statement do I need insert in the diald.conf file? I have tried
>> ignore tcp tcp.destination=<ip of my linux box> but that doesn't work...
>> any ideas?
>>
>
>Ahh, the wonderfull world of DNS.
>
>What is *probably* happening is that telnet daemon is trying to
>do a reverse-lookup on the IP address you are coming in from. I.E.
>if you telnet to your box from 10.1.1.20, telnet trys to find out
>what hostname is associated with 10.1.1.20.
>
>One way to stop this is to make sure all your machines are in the /etc/hosts
>file on the diald machine.
>
>If you want to debug it in more detail, use tcpdump on the slip interface
>(although you'll only see the outgoing packets). I.E.
>
>/usr/sbin/tcpdump -vv -s512 -i sl0
>
>(-vv for verbose, -s 512 to catch 512 bytes of the message, -i sl0 to
> listen on the slip interface).
>
>You could add 'port domain' if you just want to see dns lookups.
>
>Tcpdump is your friend.
>
>Have fun.
>
>-- cary
>
>
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