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Re: Connections problems with linux 1.2.5
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthias Urlichs)
Thu Mar 21 19:23:34 1996
From: Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de>
To: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 20:25:45 +0100
In linux.dev.net, article <199603191833.PAA01463@lyric.labma.ufrj.br>,
Jan-Patrick Perisse <perisse@lyric.labma.ufrj.br> writes:
> Everything I will explain happens with finger, telnet and ftp. Of co=
use, the
> error messages are different.
>=20
> From router to outside -> don't work
> error message: connection closed by foreign host (telnet)
> From dial to router -> don't work
> error message: connection closed by foreign host (telnet)=20
> Any ideas? Thanks in advance
>=20
Yes. The recipient is using tcpd and your name service isn't set up
correctly, i.e. address->name->address lookup fails to resolve to the s=
ame
address for the requesting systems (router, dial).
Fix your name service... (or have your provider fix it.)
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