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I am having a problem where I can't telnet to my AIX 4.3 box from a remote
network.  I can telnet just fine from the local network.  Pings from
anywhere work OK.  Just Telnet & FTP are broken.

Any suggestions or help would be appreciated.

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"Sam C

Quote:> I am having a problem where I can't telnet to my AIX 4.3 box from a remote
> network.  I can telnet just fine from the local network.  Pings from
> anywhere work OK.  Just Telnet & FTP are broken.

> Any suggestions or help would be appreciated.

What do you mean when you say you "can't telnet"? Do you get a connection or
not? If you get a connection, but it is dropped without a login prompt, you
probably have TCP wrappers installed. Look for /etc/hosts.allow, and be sure
you know what you are doing before you change anything. If you don't even get a
connection, you probably have a packet filter in the way. Talk to your network
admin.

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Quote:>I am having a problem where I can't telnet to my AIX 4.3 box from a remote
>network.  I can telnet just fine from the local network.  Pings from
>anywhere work OK.  Just Telnet & FTP are broken.

that's probably a good thing, unless you are using a secure telnet.

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okay, have a sig then

Sam C

Quote:> I am having a problem where I can't telnet to my AIX 4.3 box from a remote
> network.  I can telnet just fine from the local network.  Pings from
> anywhere work OK.  Just Telnet & FTP are broken.

> Any suggestions or help would be appreciated.

        I would suggest that disallowing TELNET from an outside network is a good
thing.  You would do well to use a secure protocol such as SSH rather
than using TELNET.

                                Don

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