inn2.3 - no reader access from unknown host

[Erik Mouritzen]

On Mon, 3 Jul 2000, Katsuhiro Kondou wrote:

> 
> In article <200007031031.MAA05150 at erik.net.uni-c.dk>,
>       Erik Mouritzen <unilerik at erik.net.uni-c.dk> wrote;
> 
> } And there's no problem when clients registered in dns connects.
> } Only not registered clients fails.
> :
> } Here's my readers.conf:
> } 
> } auth "fnet" {
> }     hosts: "130.225.0.0/16,130.226.0.0/16,193.89.118.10,\
> }     192.38.12[0-7].*"
> }     default: "<fnet>"
> } }
> 
> No, line continuation is not allowed for readers.conf.
> You need to put it in one line.

Okay, it's fixed - but still there's a problem.

I have done some tests.

There's a problem about *** Unknown host **** in INN2.3 when connecting
from a client not registered in DNS.
 
INN2.3 is returning "Unknown host" - and it gives problem using 
newsreader Tin or Outlook Express.
But using "telnet server portnumber" is working okay.

Example follows here:
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Notice "Unknown host" i linie 5.......

$ telnet news.net.uni-c.dk 119
Trying...
Connected to news.net.uni-c.dk.
Escape character is '^]'.
Unknown host
200 news.net.uni-c.dk InterNetNews NNRP server INN 2.3.0 (20000702
prerelease) ready (posting ok).
group news.software.nntp
211 520 56193 56811 news.software.nntp
quit
205 .
Connection closed by foreign host.
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INN2.2 gives no problem.

Connecting to INN2.2 from a client not registered in dns returns this:

$ telnet holein1.net.uni-c.dk 119
Trying...
Connected to holein1.net.uni-c.dk.
Escape character is '^]'.
200 news.net.uni-c.dk InterNetNews NNRP server INN 2.2.2 13-Dec-1999 ready
(posting ok).
group news.software.nntp
211 392 56322 56809 news.software.nntp
quit
205 .
Connection closed by foreign host.
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Using 'tin' against an INN2.3 server:

Connecting to news.net.uni-c.dk...
tin: Unknown host
$
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Is it a bug - or have I done something wrong ?

/Erik
News Adm.
UNI-C
Danish Computing Centre for Research and Education