Re: [PLUG] Too much security problem

[Tom Joyce <tgj@snip.net>]

Hi,
I just tried pinging your system and got a result.

I tried http no luck and telnet no route to host...

Do you have the services set up in /etc/inetd.conf? 

Tom

[tom@localhost tom]$ ping 206.181.181.73
PING 206.181.181.73 (206.181.181.73) from 209.204.82.192 : 56(84) bytes of data.64 bytes from 206.181.181.73: icmp_seq=0 ttl=242 time=321.0 ms
64 bytes from 206.181.181.73: icmp_seq=1 ttl=242 time=271.2 ms
64 bytes from 206.181.181.73: icmp_seq=2 ttl=242 time=330.0 ms
64 bytes from 206.181.181.73: icmp_seq=3 ttl=242 time=320.0 ms
64 bytes from 206.181.181.73: icmp_seq=4 ttl=242 time=370.0 ms
64 bytes from 206.181.181.73: icmp_seq=5 ttl=242 time=271.3 ms
64 bytes from 206.181.181.73: icmp_seq=6 ttl=242 time=271.2 ms
 
--- 206.181.181.73 ping statistics ---
8 packets transmitted, 7 packets received, 12% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 271.2/307.8/370.0 ms   
On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> I have Linux Mandrake 6.1 on my campus workstation.  It has a
> dedicated IP address (206.181.181.73) but for some reason I can't
> ping it from outside campus (you can try).  I want to use my Apache
> and FTP server but cannot.   I can ping my friend's computer, running
> Windows 95 with another dedicated IP address (206.181.181.74) which
> is where I'm confused.  
> 
> Could there be some sort of security block set up by Mandrake
> preventing clients from outside the network from accessing my
> computer?   How do I check?
> 
> Brent
> 
>  -- 
> "Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
> - Theodore Roosevelt
> 
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