[exim] RFC1413 (ident), TCP Reset & Alarm

2007-07-27 Thread Sander Smeenk
Hi, Why is it that Exim4 (4.60) still waits for an alarm() to occur when a connection to ident has been rejected with a RST? At least, that is what seems to happen. My nagios box rejects ident connections with a TCP RST packet, which results in a 'Connection refused'. This is the best way to bloc

Re: [exim] RFC1413 (ident), TCP Reset & Alarm

2007-07-27 Thread Dave Evans
On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 05:11:40PM +0200, Sander Smeenk wrote: > Hi, > > Why is it that Exim4 (4.60) still waits for an alarm() to occur when a > connection to ident has been rejected with a RST? At least, that is what > seems to happen. Are you sure your box is receiving, and not firewalling out

Re: [exim] RFC1413 (ident), TCP Reset & Alarm

2007-07-27 Thread Stephen Gran
On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 05:11:40PM +0200, Sander Smeenk said: > Hi, > > Why is it that Exim4 (4.60) still waits for an alarm() to occur when a > connection to ident has been rejected with a RST? At least, that is what > seems to happen. That doesn't look like what is happening to me. > My nagios

Re: [exim] RFC1413 (ident), TCP Reset & Alarm

2007-07-27 Thread Sander Smeenk
Quoting Dave Evans ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Why is it that Exim4 (4.60) still waits for an alarm() to occur when a > > connection to ident has been rejected with a RST? At least, that is what > > seems to happen. > Are you sure your box is receiving, and not firewalling out, the RST packet? Most

Re: [exim] RFC1413 (ident), TCP Reset & Alarm

2007-07-28 Thread Dave Evans
On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 05:11:40PM +0200, Sander Smeenk wrote: > Hi, > > Why is it that Exim4 (4.60) still waits for an alarm() to occur when a > connection to ident has been rejected with a RST? At least, that is what > seems to happen. > > My nagios box rejects ident connections with a TCP RST