Chris --

That was it -- I removed the ALL: PARANOID line in my /etc/hosts.deny and it
worked fine.  Grrr.  Thanks for pointing that out.

Sorry for the _what_I_should_have_known_would_have_nothing_to_do_with_hpcmips_
post to the list :(

-steve

--- Chris Jones <chris@cjones.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 08:17:26AM -0800, Steve K wrote:
> 
> > # telnet surfer.ath.cx
> > Trying 24.190.16.114...
> > Connected to surfer.ath.cx.
> > Escape character is '^]'.
> > Connection closed by foreign host.
> 
> Does your z50 have a reverse-DNS entry?  It may be that inetd (which
> handles telnet and ftp) and sshd are both expecting clients to have
> valid reverse DNS entries.  I believe both have configurable paranoia
> levels.  Web servers, on the other hand, typically don't do reverse
> lookups, because that slows down client connections and gives the
> appearance that your web server is broken.
> 
> Just a guess.
> 
> Chris
> 
> -- 
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> Chris Jones                                          Mad scientist at large
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