Can someone please explain?

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> From bind-users-bounce at isc.org Fri Aug  9 09:44:11 2002
> From: "David Botham" <dns at botham.net>
> To: <bind-users at isc.org>
> Subject: RE: Can someone please explain?
> Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 12:32:22 -0400
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> > > ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> > > china-stone.net.        1H IN A         62.190.185.65
> > >
> > > ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> > > china-stone.net.        1H IN NS        dns9.register.com.
> > > china-stone.net.        1H IN NS        dns10.register.com.
> > >
> > > ;; Total query time: 5023 msec
> > > ;; FROM: nsca1 to SERVER: default -- 216.154.198.178
> > > ;; WHEN: Fri Dec 27 19:23:54 2002
> > > ;; MSG SIZE  sent: 33  rcvd: 100
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > So far I have not got paranoid anout hosts.allow probably because
> > > others
> > > > things have taken a higher priority :-)
> > > >
> > > > Advice please
> > > >
> > > > David
> > > > Systems Administrator
> > > > Vizion2000.net
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > But why this warning on my DNS which does not serve theoted domain?
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> It is not your name server process (named) that is reporting the error,
> it is tcpwrappers...  tcpwrappers will perform a consistency check on
> host to ip and ip to host resolution.  It is complaining about the fact
> that they do not match...
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> See the man page for tcpd:
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> # man tcpd
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> Dave...
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> > David
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OK so tcp wrapper on my  dns [dns1.vizion2000.net] is reporting client access from an ip that fails a consistency check.. have I got it right?

Is there a good FAQ on this topic - right now I am in danger of it going right over my head.. 2>M&1CS {too much at once syndrome :-) }

David