[plug] can't telnet or ssh to spark

[Matt Kemner]

On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Mike Holland wrote:

> is this just me, or is it a problem with spark?

It's you :)

It's spark being paranoid (as configured in hosts.deny)
Aug 23 17:14:52 spark in.telnetd[24629]: warning: /etc/hosts.deny, line 15:
    can't verify hostname:
    gethostbyname(perax14-224.dialup.optusnet.com.au) failed
Aug 23 17:14:52 spark in.telnetd[24629]: refused connect from 210.49.104.224

zombie at live:~$ nslookup 210.49.104.224
Server:  localhost
Address:  127.0.0.1

Name:    perax14-224.dialup.optusnet.com.au
Address:  210.49.104.224

zombie at live:~$nslookup perax14-224.dialup.optusnet.com.au
Server:  localhost
Address:  127.0.0.1

*** localhost can't find perax14-224.dialup.optusnet.com.au: Non-existent
host/domain


I guess Optus (or their new owners, SingTel) are playing with their DNS
servers at the moment.

I've just told spark to not be so paranoid on ssh, so you should be able
to ssh in now.

 - Matt