Very Computer

I've got access to a site that is behind a firewall and that seems to
be incorrectly configured.  When I try to telnet or ftp from that site
to my site I get refused and the following log entry gets written :

syslog:Jun  3 14:49:54 exodus wu.ftpd[186]: warning: host name/name
mismatch: unknown.sitename.int != sitename1.sitename.int

Anyone know what I can do from MY end to get around this?  I'll have
no luck in getting the sysadmin to change the setup on the other end.
Can I tell my system to accept sites that don't match?  Should I?  Can
I do it on a per site basis?  Thanks!

James
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: syslog:Jun  3 14:49:54 exodus wu.ftpd[186]: warning: host name/name
; mismatch: unknown.sitename.int != sitename1.sitename.int

; Anyone know what I can do from MY end to get around this?  I'll have
: no luck in getting the sysadmin to change the setup on the other end.
; Can I tell my system to accept sites that don't match?  Should I?  Can
: I do it on a per site basis?  Thanks!

This is a mesage from TCP Wrappers.  TCP Wrappers verifies that the IP
address and hostname map to each other in DNS (this prevents spoofing for
programs like the r* commands, which base priviledge on your hostname).

It is not *good* to remove this, but it is possible (machines ran for
years before Wietse wrote this, but that was then, this is the age of IP
spoofing).  Edit /etc/inetd.conf and remove the /usr/sbin/tcpd portion of
the ftp and telnet entries.

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