On 10 Jun 96 at 13:49, Dogbert <mulligan @
lafcol .
lafayette .
edu> wrote:
> TCP Wrappers 7.4 logged this to syslog the other day. Does this
> necessarily show an attempted spoofing attack or could it just be a
> poorly configured site?
>
> Jun 9 03:07:52 lafcol in.fingerd[18050]: warning: host name/name mismatch:
> CS1.CC.Lehigh.EDU != cs1
> Jun 9 03:07:52 lafcol in.fingerd[18050]: refused connect from 128.180.1.27
It's _probably_ just a DNS goof; we had the same problem with some
machines here if the PTR and A records didn't match (before we
automated the DNS database creation).
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