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Subject: Re: Can't reach Hyatt's FTP site?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 12:34:59 02/12/03

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On February 12, 2003 at 15:08:17, Paul J. Messmer wrote:

>On February 12, 2003 at 11:13:35, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>add the -n option.  The DNS lookups will time-out for some of deltacom's
>>routers.
>>They are not all registerd in the national DNS database.
>
>Doesn't appear to matter.  The traceroute still won't make it past 207.230.79.2
>(see below).
>
>I wonder if your ftp server is configured to do a reverse lookup on the
>connecting client IP address for logging purposes or something, and if unable it
>doesn't work.  That might explain why some people see the problem and not
>others?  Some people originate behind NAT from private subnets (like me).

No it isn't.  It actually tries, but if it fails, it does not quit...


>
>I tried using ssh, for example, and get far enough that it would seem like I am
>reaching the machine?  telnet connections are refused immediately, which seems
>like a good sign.  ftp still hangs until it times out.  Maybe it's a problem
>with the ftp server configuration and reverse lookups?

all we allow on that box is ssh and ftp, no telnet, rsh, rlogin, etc...



>
>[Cube:~] pmessmer% ssh -l hyatt ftp.cis.uab.edu
>The authenticity of host 'ftp.cis.uab.edu (138.26.64.2)' can't be established.
>RSA key fingerprint is 5c:0f:21:f9:b6:74:0e:5f:e0:ce:c4:58:33:aa:c5:ae.
>Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
>Warning: Permanently added 'ftp.cis.uab.edu,138.26.64.2' (RSA) to the list of
>known hosts.
>hyatt@ftp.cis.uab.edu's password: ^C
>
>[Cube:~] pmessmer% telnet ftp.cis.uab.edu
>Trying 138.26.64.2...
>telnet: connect to address 138.26.64.2: Connection refused
>telnet: Unable to connect to remote host
>[Cube:~] pmessmer% ftp ftp.cis.uab.edu
>Connected to juniper.cis.uab.edu.
>
>421 Service not available, remote server timed out. Connection closed
>ftp> quit
>[Cube:~] pmessmer% traceroute -n ftp.cis.uab.edu
>traceroute to juniper.cis.uab.edu (138.26.64.2), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
> 1  192.168.1.1  2.705 ms  2.28 ms  2.283 ms
> 2  216.231.61.1  12.324 ms  11.401 ms  41.245 ms
> 3  206.191.168.200  23.142 ms  13.973 ms  11.47 ms
> 4  206.191.168.220  12.067 ms  12.903 ms  13.101 ms
> 5  206.253.192.129  13.02 ms  38.346 ms  14.328 ms
> 6  144.228.94.117  14.84 ms  12.959 ms  12.337 ms
> 7  144.232.6.125  12.131 ms  14.996 ms  37.048 ms
> 8  209.0.227.133  18.901 ms  14.329 ms  14.592 ms
> 9  209.247.8.162  14.45 ms  12.328 ms  40.556 ms
>10  64.159.1.165  11.992 ms  12.637 ms  12.79 ms
>11  64.159.1.46  87.591 ms  71.457 ms  69.447 ms
>12  64.159.3.10  80.215 ms  70.828 ms  71.369 ms
>13  63.210.88.170  79.357 ms  70.992 ms  73.719 ms
>14  66.35.174.13  79.249 ms  73.418 ms  75.871 ms
>15  209.16.225.162  80.086 ms  75.744 ms  73.885 ms
>16  207.230.79.2  78.719 ms  75.172 ms  77.121 ms
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I'll try to investigate further as somewhere between you and me, something is
going wrong.



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